Paraguay: 2020 was bad for the producer but with satisfactory results for the refrigerator

Published 2021년 4월 21일

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The Neuland Cooperative, celebrating its 70th anniversary, has seen significant growth despite facing challenges such as the pandemic and prolonged drought, which negatively affected meat production and marketing. With a focus on meat farming, the cooperative operates a refrigerator for meat storage and exports half of its production, being significantly impacted by the pandemic's effects on international markets. The drought further increased oversupply and uncertainty, affecting farmers' profits. Although the cooperative experienced good profitability in 2020, farmers faced challenges and financial strain, requiring recovery time. The author, Heinz Bartel, emphasizes the need for improving Paraguay's meat export value and traces the cooperative's history and expansion in agriculture and dairy, with a specialization in bovine meat production.

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The president of the Neuland Cooperative, Heinz Bartel, analyzed the impact of the pandemic and the prolonged drought on the production and commercialization of meat, and assured that "the farmer will need two or three years to recover"; He also highlighted the need to improve Paraguay's export position by adding value to meat with a series of basic tools such as classification and traceability. Having complied with these bases, he assured that "the climate could be favorable for the creation of a meat institute." - Where is the Neuland Cooperative positioned today? The Cooperative is celebrating 70 years of life. In the Chaco, Neuland is a production property, as it is known, but it also shares corporate social responsibility policies with the aim of helping many people with fewer resources, mainly in productive assistance. However, there is an important focus on meat production. Historically, there was more grain production, especially peanuts, cotton, sesame and some other ...

Source: Elagro