Sheep production in Argentina: Mendoza has more than 1,300 producers and 117,000 heads

Published 2024년 10월 14일

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A report by the Ministry of Production of Argentina reveals that Mendoza province is home to 117,300 sheep, ranking it 17th nationally in sheep production with 1,350 producers across 781 farms and 1,393 production units. The primary provinces for sheep farming are Chubut, Santa Cruz, and Buenos Aires, with the industry's focus being on wool production. The report highlights a significant decline in sheep numbers in Argentina since the 19th century, largely due to factors such as desertification, expansion of the agricultural frontier, and the shift from sheep to cattle farming, alongside challenges like lack of transparency in marketing channels and underutilization of technology in sheep production.

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(NAP) An extensive report on the development of sheep farming in the province of Mendoza states that provincial sheep production reaches 117,300 heads and involves 1,350 producers. The work, which was prepared by the Ministry of Production, through the Directorate of Livestock, aims to reflect the development of provincial sheep farming. Although sheep production represents an important sector within the agricultural system of our country, Argentina has oriented the exploitation of sheep livestock towards obtaining wool, mainly in Patagonia, where, due to the environment, it is difficult to develop other agricultural activities. The main sheep producer is Chubut, with 3,137,405 heads. It is followed by Santa Cruz (2,166,958), Buenos Aires (1,781,989), Río Negro (1,016,144) and Corrientes, with 1,011,837 heads. These last figures put the province of Mendoza in 17th place at the national level, after the provinces of Santa Fe (15) and Formosa (16), which have a total of 148,531 and ...

Source: Noticias Agropecurias