Brazil: Cattle slaughter up 11.2% in the third quarter

Published Nov 11, 2022

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The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) has reported an 11.2% increase in cattle slaughter between July and September 2022, compared to the same period in the previous year, reaching 7.81 million heads. There was also a 5.8% increase compared to the second quarter of the year. The weight of pig carcasses reached 1.33 million tons, an increase of 3.8% from the same period in 2021, and chicken carcasses reached 3.73 million tons, a 2.2% increase. The purchase of raw milk by establishments under sanitary inspection reached six billion liters in the third quarter of 2022, marking a decrease of 3.4% from the same period in 2021. Production of chicken eggs in the same quarter was 1.01 billion dozen, a decrease of 0.2% from the previous year but an increase of 1.4% from the previous quarter. Production of rawhide in tanneries increased by 5.4% compared to the same period in 2021 and the previous quarter.

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The slaughter of cattle grew 11.2% between July and September 2022, compared to the same period last year and reached 7.81 million heads. In comparison with the second quarter of this year, the advance is 5.8%. These are the preliminary results of the Livestock Production Statistics survey. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), which made the release today (11), in Rio de Janeiro, the complete results for the third quarter of 2022 and for the federation units will be presented on December 7th. Still in the comparison between the third quarters of 2022 and 2021, the survey showed that there was an increase of 4.4% with the slaughter of 14.37 million pigs and 2.1% compared to the second quarter of this year. There was also an increase (0.9%) in chickens with the slaughter of 1.55 billion heads and 3.1% in relation to the immediately previous quarter. carcasses The first results also indicate that, in the third quarter of this year, there were 2.12 ...

Source: Agrolink