Mexico: In 2021, the profit from pigs continued to grow, that of goats was almost the same, and that of sheep contracted

Of the three species, slaughtering of pigs had the best performance in 2021, increasing 4% compared to 2020, which also registered growth despite the pandemic. On the other hand, the slaughter of sheep decreased, and although that of goats rose, it did not return to 2019 levels. The Livestock Slaughter Survey (ESG) of the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) showed how the slaughter of pigs has grown steadily in the last two years, despite economic difficulties. At the end of 2021, it rose 4% compared to the whole of last year, going from 5,002,299 heads to 5,200,204, a difference of 197,905. Only in the fourth quarter, the slaughter of pigs (1,391,130 heads) grew 3% compared to the same period in 2020. The annual result is also better than that of 2019, the last year before the crisis caused by the pandemic, since it increased 7.7% compared to the 4,827,077 heads at that time. (Read: This is how the slaughter of minor species went in the first six months of ...