Pig farming in Paraguay: Corn consumption would double in 10 years

"Prospects for the growth of the pork business and its impact on corn production" was the theme presented by Hugo Schaffrath at the +Maíz National Congress of the Productive Chain, held on June 27 and 28, at the Hotel Gran Nobile in Ciudad del East, Alto Paraná, and organized by Productiva C&M. In his presentation, the head of the ACCP appreciated that in the last 10 years Paraguayan pig farming has been gaining new investors and continues to be a subsistence item for many Paraguayan families. Since gestation, a 120-kg pig consumes 323.29 kg of food, of which 70% corresponds to corn, while the remaining 30% is made up of other raw materials such as soybean pellets, sugar, oil and kernel, Schaffrath explained. . He estimated that the annual consumption of corn by pig farming in Paraguay reaches 273,000 tons; however, this figure could double in the next 10 years (between 2030 and 2033) to reach 477,750 tons/year, considering that pig production would go from 1.2 million to 2.1 ...