Colombia: More than 5 million pigs were slaughtered in 2020, sheep and goats fell more than 40%

At the end of 2020, only the legal benefit of pigs increased, while the ovine and goat species presented the greatest falls. On the part of the poultry sector, the production and consumption of eggs had the greatest increase, while that of chicken meat fell. The annual report of the DANE Cattle Slaughter Survey revealed that the only species that had a positive behavior in the year of the COVID-19 pandemic was the swine, although with a lower growth compared to 2019. In 2020, this For the first time in history, the sector exceeded 5 million heads per year (5,002,299), 3.6% above the 4,827,077 of the previous year. (Read: Slaughter of cattle closed higher in 2020, which indicates better figures in 2021) Although this increase is lower than that of 2019, which was 8.9% compared to the 4 434 317 head of 2018, it does not fit He doubts that the result is very positive considering the difficult economic situation that the country and the world experienced due to the pandemic. ...