Colombia: More than 5 million pigs were slaughtered in 2020, sheep and goats fell more than 40%

Published Mar 4, 2021

Tridge summary

The annual DANE Cattle Slaughter Survey report for 2020 highlighted a mixed performance across Colombia's agricultural sector during the pandemic, with pigs being the only species showing growth. The pork industry surpassed 5 million heads for the first time, marking a 3.6% increase from the previous year, despite slower growth compared to 2019. On the other hand, sheep and goat numbers experienced significant declines, with sheep down by 42% and goats by 42.5%. Chicken production and consumption saw a decrease, except for eggs, which experienced an 11.6% increase in consumption and a 13.8% increase in production. Overall, the report reflects varied impacts of the pandemic on different agricultural sectors.

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Original content

At the end of 2020, only the legal benefit of pigs increased, while the ovine and goat species presented the greatest falls. On the part of the poultry sector, the production and consumption of eggs had the greatest increase, while that of chicken meat fell. The annual report of the DANE Cattle Slaughter Survey revealed that the only species that had a positive behavior in the year of the COVID-19 pandemic was the swine, although with a lower growth compared to 2019. In 2020, this For the first time in history, the sector exceeded 5 million heads per year (5,002,299), 3.6% above the 4,827,077 of the previous year. (Read: Slaughter of cattle closed higher in 2020, which indicates better figures in 2021) Although this increase is lower than that of 2019, which was 8.9% compared to the 4 434 317 head of 2018, it does not fit He doubts that the result is very positive considering the difficult economic situation that the country and the world experienced due to the pandemic. ...

Source: MXContexto