Brazil: Records of the Holstein breed in 2022 reached 9.26 thousand

The number of records of the Holstein breed in Rio Grande do Sul in the year 2022 was 9.26 thousand. The information is from the Association of Dutch Cattle Breeders of Rio Grande do Sul (Gadolando), when closing last year's data. The total is slightly lower than that of 2021, when 9,330 animals were registered. The number of classifications carried out in 2022 was 1.36 thousand. For the president of Gadondo, Marcos Tang, by practically maintaining the same numbers as in 2021, the entity celebrates the result in the face of a year where the producer suffered losses. “Gadondondo is happy with the results, obviously we want more for 2023, but we have to point out that these results are obtained in a sequence of bad years for feeding our cattle, in a sequence of suffering for our milk producer. Our partner, a breeder who registers, is a milk producer and knows how difficult it is to make investments and stay in business”, he observes. As for the number of new members, the entity ...