In a per thirty days comparability between 2023 and 2022, January confirmed the largest build up (+333,100 head). Handiest in April, September, and December did pig slaughtering fall. In 2023, contemporary beef exports reached document ranges in Secex’s ancient collection and within the month-on-month comparability between 2023 and 2022, most effective August and October noticed decreases. Manufacturing prices (corn and soybean meal) for pig farming had been down in 2023 because of the document harvest that 12 months and the slowdown in provide enlargement.
In comparison to the former 12 months, there have been 707,33 thousand extra head of pigs slaughtered in 2023, pushed via will increase in slaughtering in 9 of the 24 Federative Devices taking part within the survey. Amongst the ones with a percentage above 1.0%, there have been will increase in Paraná (+660.63 thousand head), Santa Catarina (+631.22 thousand head), and Mato Grosso do Sul (+64.29 thousand head). However, there have been decreases in Minas Gerais (-266.10 thousand head), São Paulo (-166.97 thousand head), Mato Grosso (-126.92 thousand head), Goiás (-54.25 thousand head), and Rio Grande do Sul (-20.85 thousand head).
Santa Catarina maintained the lead in pig slaughter in 2023, with 29.5% of nationwide slaughter, adopted via Paraná (21.2%) and Rio Grande do Sul (17.0%).
Pig slaughter totaled 14.15 million head within the fourth quarter of 2023, up 1.1% from the similar quarter in 2022 and down 3.4% from the former quarter.
March 14, 2024/ IBGE/ Brazil.
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