Our Origins

In 1857 Mr. Ignacio Uranga and his wife Nicolasa Montaner bought 5000 hectares (about 12.350 acres) of land, 25 miles south of Rosario city, crossed by the Pavon Stream, which was its natural watering source. They sent their children to work there, and began breeding sheep.

Due to the fact that this land was not completely free from Indians, the perils of possible thefts demanded the construction of a house with a watchtower, strong iron gratings and heavy axe-carved doors.

The walls were built 50 cm thick, with bricks settled in mud. Today the weapons used in those days to defend the family and their possessions, can be seen hanging over the fireplace.

Later on, cattle replaced sheep and in 1912 farming activities began with Italian settlers as manual labor.

Around 1930 the company bought Estancia Las Playas, in Cordoba Province.

During the 1960's the company started carrying out the sowing of land, rotating with pastures and steer fattening. In the 1990's the application of direct sowing techniques began, becoming a permanent agricultural system.

In 2000, dairy production was started in Las Playas.

In November 2003, a devastating twister whipped Ea. San Nicolas, causing a lot of damage, testing the temperament and recovering strength of Agro Uranga's directors and employees.

Nowadays, with our own foreign trade team, we are dedicated to add new products, and significantly increase our volume of exportation, encouraged by the rising demand for our goods.

In November 2007, we celebrated the first 150 years of active participation in agribusiness.