Mexico: Ranchers of Ahome, between a rock and a hard place due to lack of food and low livestock prices

Published 2021년 2월 8일

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The article highlights the challenges faced by livestock farmers in the Ahome region due to a food shortage and low prices for calves. The president of the Local Livestock Association of Ahome, Ángel Cota, pointed out that the lack of pasture is exacerbated by other states taking it for their own livestock, leading to low milk production and profit losses for the region's farmers. Additionally, low temperatures have negatively affected pastures and alfalfa, further increasing the uncertainty of how to maintain livestock feeding.

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JAVIER VEGA. DEBATE. The conditions faced for livestock are difficult in the region, says the president of the Local Livestock Association of Ahome, Ángel Cota. LOS MOCHIS, Sinaloa. Between a rock and a hard place are the ranchers of the Ahome region, since the problem they face due to lack of food is not overcome and in parallel they are affected by the low prices at which the calf is sold. Ángel Cota Romero, president of the Local Livestock Association of the municipality of Ahome, said that even the few agricultural waste that have been generated in the region, with the cuts of corn and beans, have allowed them to get ahead, because much of this pasture it is being taken away by people from other states who face the same problems of food shortages for their livestock. He indicated that all this has led to the low milk production being maintained in the different producing areas of the region to the direct detriment of the ranchers. He announced that in parallel, as a ...

Source: Inforural