Beef production in Paraguay forecast to decline in 2025

Published 2024년 12월 23일

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The USDA GAIN report predicts a decrease in Paraguay's beef production in 2025 by 560,000 tons, due to a expected decrease in slaughter numbers, following three years of drought. This is attributed to producers selling more cattle in a dry year and a smaller number of cows being slaughtered, with more cattle being finished on grains, resulting in heavier carcasses. The local cattle industry is facing challenges such as low cattle prices, increasing costs, and drought, leading to a projected decline in the cattle stock in 2025. The industry has seen a decline in herd size since 2014, and this trend is expected to continue if poor weather and low prices persist.

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Beef production in Paraguay in 2025 is forecast to drop at 560,000 tons carcass weight equivalent (cwe) as result of a decline in slaughter assuming a more normal weather pattern in 2025 following three straight years of drought, according to a recent US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report. A very dry 2024 forced many producers to sell more cattle than planned to have a lighter stocking rate as the production of pastures was very limited. If rains return to normal patterns the slaughter will total 2.3 million head, almost 150,000 head less than that estimated for 2024. The average carcass weight in 2025 is forecast up at 244 kilos, 3 kilos heavier than in 2024, because a smaller number of cows in slaughter and a larger number of cattle finished on grains. The local cattle business is going through a difficult situation due to a combination of 3-4 years of dry and hot weather, low cattle prices and increasing costs. Producers claim ...

Source: The Cattle Site