Argentina: Pigs also fatten the 2022 meat supply

In the first 10 months of the year, the industry processed 200,000 more heads, compared to the same period in 2021. Five provinces concentrate 88.5% of the slaughter. Pig slaughter increased by 3.1% year-on-year between January and October, according to data from the Institute for Studies on Argentine and Latin American Reality (IERAL), of the Mediterranean Foundation. Based on official data, they calculated that the industry processed 6.4 million heads, which in relation to the previous year represented an increase of 200,000 copies. With this pace of work, the industry exhibited an annual growth of 2.9% in the last four years. The total supply of meat, in this way, continues to advance, since bovine slaughter also increased in these first 10 months. When analyzing the origin of the shipments, it is distributed among the provinces of Córdoba, Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos and San Luis. Together, they accumulated 88.5% of slaughter during 2022. LOOK: They associated and ...