Colombia: Average cattle price loses 2 points

After several weeks of price stability in all categories, except Creole and zebu cattle on the Colombian Mercantile Exchange, the national average at auctions contracted 2 percentage points. The average price of fat cattle for the week November 3-10 was $7,736 kilograms, $156 below the average of the previous week. The winter wave that hits the country is showing its effects in the agricultural production sectors. In the case of cattle, many farmers from various regions of the country already express their concern about the lack of pasture, that is, food for the animals. Hence the urgency that is made to the government to primarily safeguard the lives of many peasants who have their properties completely flooded but not their business, since the emergency translates into the transfer of animals, loss of weight of the animals and higher feed costs. On the other hand, once the tax reform is approved, what economic analysts expect is a contraction in demand, and workers a fair ...