About · Filadelfia, Paraguayan Dry Chaco

Ranchers of the Dry Chaco.

El Retiro is a working cattle ranch in Filadelfia, in the heart of Paraguay's Dry Chaco. We raise cattle, give the land the rest it needs, and share it with the wildlife that lives here.

See our first jaguar

A herd of red cattle stands together on open grassland, tall green grass in front, under a heavy grey sky of rolling cloud.

02 Who we are

We raise cattle and let the land rest.

We practise Adaptive Multi-Paddock grazing, and we are the first ranch running Pastorix.

See the method

A herd stands on dry ground and faces the camera, a pale cow in front, under a blue sky with white clouds.

03 The place

Aerial view of the ranch at sunset: open grassland running to the horizon, the herd spread across a paddock, the sun low in the sky.

Filadelfia, in the Dry Chaco.

One of the most challenging cattle environments in South America.

The ranch

22,000 ha

Departamento de Boquerón, Paraguay

04 Production and nature

A bull and a wolf. Production and nature on the same ground.

El Retiro is part of Paraguay's Protected Productive Landscapes (PPP) programme, implemented by WCS and Fundación Moisés Bertoni, where productive land and biodiversity conservation coexist in a meaningful and measurable way.

The herd grazes in tall green grass under a clear blue sky.

Our mark carries two animals: a bull for the herd we raise, and a wolf for the wild Chaco we share the land with.

01 · Hunting

No hunting.

02 · Jaguars

Jaguars protected.

03 · Wildlife

Responsible wildlife management.

PPP · 2025

“Since El Retiro already operates under sustainable production practices, our adhesion to the program is a natural continuation of that path.”

El Retiro, on joining the PPP programme, 2025