"We are going to lower production because it is unsustainable": Among the holidays, the shortage of calves and the high prices, vari

According to various sources consulted in the exporting refrigeration industry, several plants will halt their operations in the second half of the month. Among them are several of the most important slaughterhouses in the sector. Such is the case of Grupo Lequio, which accounts for no less than 7% of the national slaughter and manages the Alberdi, Carnes Pampeanas, Hughes, and Mattievich slaughterhouses. "We are going to lower production because it is unsustainable," the company indicated to Bichos de Campo. This phenomenon has different causes. On the one hand, Christmas and New Year's fall on Wednesdays and Thursdays, so keeping cattle in the pens on those two days is costly and results in lost productivity. Additionally, it will be difficult to gather the necessary crews to slaughter on the following Friday. Therefore, those two weeks will then have only two working days. To this is added the shortage of calves, which is already structural in Argentine cattle farming, and ...