Colombia: The number of technified swine farms grew 13% in 2023
333 Latin America with Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) data/ Colombia.
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- The number of pigs in Colombia totaled 10,639,149 in 2023, of which 62.3% were animals raised in technified production, 17.4% on commercial industrial farms, 11.6% on commercial family farms, and 8.8% on backyard farms.
- The five departments with the highest concentration of pigs were Antioquia (32.6%), Valle del Cauca (13.3%), Cundinamarca (7.6%), Meta (7.1%), and Córdoba (4.1%), which together accounted for more than 60% of the pigs registered in the country.
- There were 6,630,526 animals in technified production in 2023, of which 247,967 were breeding females, 42,314 replacement females, 5,150 breeding males, and 6,335,095 growing and finishing pigs.
- In 2023, 192,149 pig farms were registered: 0.5% technified production, 2.1% industrial commercial, 18.9% family commercial, and 78.5% backyard production.
- Although backyard farms account for the largest share by number of farms (78.5% or 150,801 farms), they have a minimal number of pigs compared to the substantial inventory housed in the highly specialized technified farms, which number only 883 production units.
- The number of technified farms increased by 12.9% compared to 2022, going from 782 to 883.
- The figures for technified production revealed annual increases of 10.7% in the number of breeding females, 15.8% in replacement females, and 39.3% in breeding males, which is in line with the increase in pork production in 2023.
- One of the most outstanding indicators is the 7.8% reduction in the number of backyard pigs, from 1,011,131 animals in 2022 to 931,783 in 2023, which reflects the increasing formalization, technification, and development of Colombian swine farming.