El Refugio
Overview
Estancia El Refugio, 3,218 hectares of mixed livestock land, with parcels in two rural districts: 1,779 ha in the Tartagal district (Vera department) and the remainder in the La Sarita district (General Obligado department), Santa Fe province. 55 km northwest of Reconquista and 24.5 km southeast of Tartagal.
A purely livestock property, with roughly 400 hectares of arable land on class 4 soils at the center of the holding, and the rest in native woodland and grassy environments, with clearings and cut trails for working the herd. It sits in the phytogeographic region known as the Cuña Boscosa, with 1,000 to 1,200 mm of annual rainfall and an average temperature of 20 degrees.
The arable section produces forage held in reserve as bagged silage, and there are rhodes grass plantings on cleared areas. Grain sorghum yields average more than 35 to 40 quintals. The current herd is 970 Braford breeding cows, 50 bulls and about 250 calves ready for weaning.
Farm Structure
Land Use
Purely livestock, with 400 ha of class 4 arable soils given over to forage and grain sorghum, and the rest in native woodland and grassland worked with clearings and cut trails.
Facilities
A 7-hectare compound with grid power: a two-bedroom main house, 2 staff houses and a 375 m² shed with storeroom. Complete handling area with a roofed chute, bath and 4 corrals. 3 concrete Australian tanks with windmills and submersible pumps, plus some 40 concrete water troughs. 7 paddocks, some subdivided with electric fencing.
Access
9 km from Colonia San Manuel, 21 km from La Sarita, 25 km from Tartagal, 55 km from Reconquista and 110 km from Vera. 360 km from Santa Fe and 420 km from Rosario.
The Investment Case
El Refugio combines scale (3,218 ha) with an established Braford herd of nearly 1,300 head, complete livestock infrastructure — handling area, three Australian tanks and a network of 40 water troughs — and a 400-hectare arable core that supplies its own forage reserve. A livestock asset in full production on Santa Fe's Cuña Boscosa.
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