Project for the Paraguayan sheep sector: It will be a very high-level industry, with technology and markets open to the world

Published 2024년 6월 12일

Tridge summary

The Paraguayan sheep farming industry is experiencing growth and transformation, with a focus on improving the quality of animals and increasing local flock numbers in anticipation of potential export opportunities. The meat processing industry is planning to expand, as highlighted by the vice president of the Paraguayan Association of Sheep Breeders, Hugo Schafrath. The sector faces challenges such as low fertility rates, high lamb loss rates, and nutrition and pasture quality issues. Producers are urged to prioritize lamb production and invest in mineral supplementation. There is optimism for the sector, with more formalization and investment, particularly in improving the efficiency and profitability of sheep rearing.
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National sheep farming has gone through a growth process in recent years, with the improvement in the quality of the animals and efforts to boost the numbers of the local flock, in the hope that the opportunity for export will arise. In this regard, there is talk about the plans of the meat processing industry that aims to raise the sector, the vice president of the Paraguayan Association of Sheep Breeders, Hugo Schafrath, expressed that "there has never been such a good expectation in relation to that meat processing plant." “We are not talking about any slaughterhouse on the ranch or under the mango tree as it used to be done. "We are talking about a very high-level industry, with technology and markets open to the world." He stated that as producers we need to take production more seriously and said that the challenge in the sector would be to supply the refrigerator on a daily basis, something that “is not available today, however, it will be a spectacular opportunity” for ...
Source: Elagro

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