Argentina: Pigs also fatten the 2022 meat supply

Published 2022년 11월 18일

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The article reports on the significant growth in the pig slaughter industry in Argentina, with a 3.1% increase in the first 10 months of the year compared to the same period in 2021. A total of 6.4 million heads were processed, showing an annual growth of 2.9% over the past four years. The industry is predominantly located in five provinces, with Córdoba, Buenos Aires, and Santa Fe being the leading contributors. The average weight of capons sent to slaughter has also increased by one kilo in the last year. The article also highlights the imbalance in the number of pigs received for slaughter between Buenos Aires and Cordoba, with the former receiving more and the latter sending more. Santa Fe has a more balanced structure in this regard.

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In the first 10 months of the year, the industry processed 200,000 more heads, compared to the same period in 2021. Five provinces concentrate 88.5% of the slaughter. Pig slaughter increased by 3.1% year-on-year between January and October, according to data from the Institute for Studies on Argentine and Latin American Reality (IERAL), of the Mediterranean Foundation. Based on official data, they calculated that the industry processed 6.4 million heads, which in relation to the previous year represented an increase of 200,000 copies. With this pace of work, the industry exhibited an annual growth of 2.9% in the last four years. The total supply of meat, in this way, continues to advance, since bovine slaughter also increased in these first 10 months. When analyzing the origin of the shipments, it is distributed among the provinces of Córdoba, Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos and San Luis. Together, they accumulated 88.5% of slaughter during 2022. LOOK: They associated and ...

Source: Agroruralnoticias