Mexico: Unable to buy food, producers fear for the lives of their animals

Published 2021년 5월 28일

Tridge summary

Farmers in Colombia, particularly in the departments of Quindío and Risaralda, are facing significant challenges as they struggle with severe shortages of concentrates for their livestock, including cows, pigs, and chickens. This critical shortage is causing concerns about decreased production, poor body condition, and potential deaths of the animals, with cattle ranchers having to rely on alternative feeds like bananas and wheat bran. The situation is further complicated by the unavailability of fertilizers and soaring costs of chicken manure, leading to significant financial strain and production losses for the farmers. The blockades impacting the transport of raw materials and essential supplies are exacerbating the crisis, prompting farmers to seek solutions to maintain their animals' health and condition amidst these challenges.

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Original content

In departments such as Quindío and Risaralda, the owners of cows, pigs and chickens are alarmed because they cannot find concentrates to sustain them, which could not only cause a drop in production but, even more serious, low body condition or even death. Although the cattle ranchers in these regions have not suffered the injuries that have been evidenced in other areas of the country, the blockades are generating a stronger impact on their farms that could be complicated in the long term. Marco Tulio Zuluaga, representative of the Association of Cattle Ranchers of Marseille (Risaralda), stated that they have not been able to purchase fertilizers or concentrates for their cows, pigs and chickens, using other crops from their farm as an alternative. “We are adding bananas but very little. The concentrates come to us from Pereira, from the Italcol plant, but until this week they had no raw material ”, he revealed. (Read: Ranchers are distressed because they cannot get inputs for ...

Source: MXContexto