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Beef production in the first half of the year It rose 4% compared to what was registered in the same period of 2021, with 1.5 million tons.
At a press conference attended by the Secretary of Agriculture, Matthias Lestani; the Undersecretary of Livestock, Jose Maria Romero and the president of Senasa, Diana Guillén, The Agriculture portfolio also said that the average weight of the beef increased to 231 kilos, a growth of 7 kilos since 2020.
This means that there is an increase in the supply of meat in the market, which should act as a downward factor in consumer prices.
“We also observed an increase in year-on-year per capita consumption, a recovery that continues to consolidate us as the first country in the planet for beef consumption, followed by Uruguay and the United States,” Lestani explained.
In turn, in the first semester the slaughter closed at 6,482,826 heads, with an increase of 2% compared to 2021. “With that 2% of the slaughter we have increased 4% of production”, Romero said. He indicated that meat consumption has gradually recovered and is working on it. In general terms, he maintained, “livestock is going through a good time.”
At the conference they highlighted that the expectations are to exceed three million tons and maintain this trend.
“Bearing in mind that one of the main objectives of the Plan GanAr [créditos blandos para la ganadería] is to obtain more kilograms per slaughtered animal, the actions are focused on making this productive improvement sustainable”, officials explained.
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The idea of Agriculture was to present “encouraging” data on Argentine livestock in the economic context that the country is going through. “This year is going to be marked by an increase in production,” said Romero. That is “something that has not changed in Argentina for many years,” he added. The official announced that for September and October there will be a significant volume of meat available in the country.
On the other hand, he explained that exports will probably be closing at 295,000 tons [en peso producto para el semestre]although the data is still provisional as of June. “This year there was an increase of 2% compared to last year,” he added.
In addition, he indicated that the objective of the Ministry is to increase the production of the rodeo. Not only for the domestic market, but also to have an export volume that is genuine.
Regarding the average consumption per inhabitant, it was reported that it stands at 49 kilos per year and that Agriculture is “working” to recover that volume.
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