Brazil's pork consumption should be boosted by holiday parties

In Brazil, it has become a tradition to eat pork at the end of the year, something that has its origins in rural festivals and also in the popular belief that pigs, by pushing their snouts forward when they are looking for food, symbolize progress, and for this reason they attract luck and money. As a result, it is natural that the volume of swine slaughter in the last three months of the year will increase compared to the previous period. "This period is a period that traditionally heats up pork sales, but I believe that sales will increase even further because consumption has been repressed in recent times due to the pandemic and there will be flexibility due to the fact that people are vaccinated it gave them a certain freedom and the tendency is for them to start consuming again”, said César da Luz, a specialist in Agribusiness and Consultant at APS (Parana Association of Swine Culture). This year, adding to the tradition is the fact that beef prices and even poultry prices ...