Ranchers in northern Uruguay improved their income

The Crea Salto group, with more than 50 years of existence, is one of the oldest within the Uruguayan Federation of Crea Groups (Fucrea), and is currently made up of 13 producers, all cattle and sheep farmers on northern basalt soils, 60% superficial and the remaining 40% between medium and deep, explained Alberto Bozzo, president of the group. In the productive schemes, breeding and rearing stand out, with a large majority integrating sheep with fine wool systems through the Australian Merino. RESULTS. For this group, the 2023/2024 livestock year left "a decrease in costs, investment costs in fencing, water and others were lowered, after coming from three years of very high costs due to the drought, which made us invest a lot in rations, and this year with the natural field it responded excellently with the good spring we had, and there was also a drop in fertilizers that helped." On the other hand, cattle prices faced “a big drop, fattened steers fell by 28%, calves by 19% and ...