In the first half of the year, Argentina saw a 1.0% increase in pig slaughtering, totaling 3,981,061 pigs compared to the same period in 2023. Buenos Aires led with 51.1% of the total, followed by Santa Fe and Córdoba with 17.9% and 16.2%, respectively. However, June experienced a decline in slaughter numbers to 660,757 head, a 1.8% decrease from the same month the previous year and an 11.2% drop from May.