Carnes: Exporting companies delay production

The beef export business is going through weeks of severe tension. With rising costs and unsupportive international prices, exporting slaughterhouses started to advance holidays or directly suspend operations before the end of the year. According to industry sources, between five and seven plants have already stopped or are about to halt their activity until early January, reported the portal Agrolatam. The situation was confirmed by the Consortium of Meat Exporters ABC, which brings together the main companies in the sector. From the entity, they pointed out that the decision responds to the sharp rise in the price of cattle and the need to wait for a possible readjustment of supply. "It is very difficult to work with the current cattle values and many slaughterhouses prefer to give holidays during the Holidays and evaluate how the market continues," they indicated. In a normal year, interruptions in activity are usually concentrated between Christmas and New Year's, but this ...