Sociedad Explotadora de Tierra del Fuego

Sheep roundup for the processing and freezing SETF factory

The Sociedad Explotadora de Tierra del Fuego (SETF; Spanish: Company for the Exploitation of Tierra del Fuego) was a historically important company operating within the Chilean and Argentine region of Patagonia.[1] It was founded in 1893 and cultivated over 1,000,000 ha (2,500,000 acres) land for sheep farming and private factories like Puerto Bories to process, freeze and export sheep meat.

  1. ^ Martinic B, Mateo (2011). "Recordando a un imperio pastoril: La Sociedad Explotadora de Tierra del Fuego (1893-1973)" [Remembering a sheepfarmer imperium: The Sociedad Explotadora de Tierra del Fuego (1893-1973)]. Magallania (in Spanish). 39 (1). Punta Arenas: 5–32. doi:10.4067/S0718-22442011000100001.