By Ana Mano and Rodrigo Viga SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct
By Ana Mano and Rodrigo Viga
SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 15 (Reuters) – The dimensions of the cattle herd in Brazil, the world’s largest beef exporter, grew for the primary time in three years in 2019, in response to knowledge launched on Thursday by the federal government’s bureau of statistics IBGE.
The nation’s herd totaled 214.7 million head in 2019, a 0.4% rise from 2018, pushed by a retention of feminine cows for breeding and a 5.1% progress of the herd in Mato Grosso state, IBGE stated. In 2018 and 2017, herd measurement had declined.
Mato Grosso, the place most of Brazil’s grains and livestock is produced, accounted for practically 15% of Brazil’s cattle herd.
“In 2019, we noticed a drop within the participation of feminine cows in slaughtering, suggesting a transition from the low cattle cycle to the excessive cycle, which is when the producer begins to retain females on account of good market costs,” stated IBGE’s livestock analysis supervisor Mariana Oliveira.
She famous 2019 was marked by file beef exports, particularly to China.
Wanting forward, it stays to be seen whether or not rains will profit pastures within the Middle-West areas of Brazil, which accounts for about 40% of cattle manufacturing, in response to the USDA.
Rains are a key issue as most of Brazil’s cattle is grass-fed. This yr, a drought has delayed soybean planting at the beginning of the grain season to the slowest tempo in 10 years, in response to agribusiness consultancy AgRural.
In 2021, Brazil’s beef exports are forecast to hit a file excessive for the third consecutive yr pushed primarily by Chinese language demand and demand restoration in sure different markets, the USDA stated on Oct. 9.
Brazil’s IBGE knowledge additionally confirmed the nation’s poultry herd was comparatively steady at 1.5 billion head in 2019, whereas the dimensions of the pork herd dropped by 1.6% to 40.6 million head.
(Reporting by Rodrigo Viga and Ana Mano Modifying by Marguerita Choy)
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