Intervention of areas and intensification raise the productivity of meat per hectare

Published 2025년 12월 10일

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The twist that Paraguayan cattle farming is experiencing is increasingly common, due to the need to create two or three-story fields, that is, to promote vertical expansion to achieve much more efficiency on the same surface. This is the experience of Estancia Adelina, located in Centinela, Alto Paraguay, where one of the many successful stories is being written as it moves from low animal loads to a stage of strong intervention and intensification to achieve better productivity levels per hectare. Productiva C&M visited the establishment and was able to feel the actions carried out in this production unit.

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Gustavo Irazoqui, manager of the livestock company, commented that in this process, important tasks have been generated to aim for greater productivity. Among them, there are the incorporation of weed management, the mix of rhodes grass and pot fertilization. The professional explained that when they started the project, the applied system was traditional, with pastures of 50 and 100 hectares, but later, they began to establish more intensive rotational modules. The learning process required time and training, but after this process, the company began to measure the kilograms of meat produced per hectare. "Once we were able to measure, we really became convinced that this was the model to follow, hence, we started to make more modules. We started with three modules and now we are at 24 rotational modules," he highlighted. The management consists of the daily rotation of the lots, which leads to an animal load of 1.5 livestock units per hectare, representing 2 LU at the best times ...

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