Paraguay: Mixed realities for spring services and the quest for more kilos of weaned calves

Published 2024년 9월 27일

Tridge summary

Paraguay's agricultural regions are experiencing varying reproductive services outcomes due to weather conditions, with some areas suffering from drought and others benefiting from rainfall. Despite over 50 millimeters of rain in Ñeembucú, Misiones, and Itapúa, the southern region still faces water shortages due to excess rainfall in April and May. Guido Ferreira, head of Tierra Buena farm, is implementing a strategy of only one pregnancy per year to overcome the drought. The National Animal Health and Quality Service projects a 3-4% drop in stock by 2025, but the primary sector fears a higher decline due to poor services this season. Gustavo Lagioia, the Technical and Commercial Manager of Biogenesis Bagó Paraguay, stresses the importance of using technologies like the IATF for reproductive services to improve herd efficiency and planning, and to overcome weather challenges.
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Original content

Spring and summer reproductive services will have, for another year, different realities depending on the productive regions of Paraguay; the main reason for this is the weather, with areas that are being severely punished by the lack of rain and others that are a little more benefited. “We are happy, in these last hours we have received over 50 millimeters of rain in almost all of Ñeembucú and also in neighboring departments such as Misiones and Itapúa,” Javier Dos Santos, head of Pulso SA in the city of Pilar, told Valor Agregado on Radio Asunción 1250 AM. Although there was a lack of water in the south, Dos Santos explained that the fields are not very dry because in April and May the region experienced several excesses of water. “These last rains are excellent to start the services and change the perspectives,” he said. On the other hand, Guido Ferreira, head of the Tierra Buena farm located in Agua Dulce, Alto Paraguay, told Valor Agro that the rains are not coming with the ...
Source: Elagro

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