Argentina: Significant increase in slaughter in first half of the year
July 12, 2023/ 333 Latin America/ Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Ministry of Economy of Argentina/ Argentina.
https://www.magyp.gob.ar/
- The total number of pigs slaughtered in the first half of the year was 3,938,813 head, an increase of 5.6% with respect to the same period of the previous year.
- 80.2% of the animals slaughtered during the period were hogs.
- The results by province indicate that Buenos Aires accounted for 50.4% of the slaughter, reaching 1,985,841 head, while Santa Fe and Córdoba accounted for 18.7% and 15.8%, respectively.
- Specifically for the month of June, slaughter reached 670,880 head and represented an increase of 0.8% compared to the same month of 2022 and a decrease of 4.4% compared to May.