Argentina: Bovine meat production increased 3.7% year-on-year in January-March 2024

In the first quarter of 2024, bovine meat production increased 3.7% compared to the same quarter of the previous year, registering 48,737 tons (t). In turn, the entry into the slaughter and slaughter process for human consumption (known as processing) of cattle nationwide was 188,737 heads, with a year-on-year increase of 4.4%, according to information provided by the Ferias bulletin. and Mataderos published this morning by the National Institute of Statistics (INE). In pigs, a profit of 1,379,663 heads was recorded, with a decrease of 0.2% in reference to the first quarter of the previous year, and a production of meat in rods of 141,140 t. In sheep there were 318,661 heads of cattle benefited, with a year-on-year decrease of 6.8%, and a production of meat in rods of 5,242 t, with an increase of 3.0% over twelve months. Birds In the January-March 2024 quarter, broiler production decreased 1.4% compared to the same period of the previous year, presenting 71,259,898 profits ...