It is registered the culling of cows and China already takes 2 kg of meat out of 3

The slaughter of females reached 52.5% of the total in April and constitutes a record, according to the Chamber of Industry and Trade in Meat (Ciccra), which would deepen a new phase of liquidation of the stock.

In the same vein, the positive data on livestock farming once again represents a further rise in exports. In the case of China, external sales of beef increased by almost 35% in the first quarter of the year. China takes two pounds out of three.

Last month, 1.09 million hacienda heads were slaughtered. According to the entity, cow slaughter reached 254,000 head and increased 21.4% from April 2018. In addition, it accounted for 23.4% of total slaughter. At the same time, the number of slaughtered heifers rose to 314,800 in April, an increase of 139.2%. This accounted for 28.9% of the total slaughter.

With the new typification of the hacienda leading to changes in the categorical distribution – calves disappearing – in the heifers absorbing the calves, "their relative importance increased by 17 percentage points compared with April of the same year. last year, "said the entity.

According to Ciccra, when the number of women slaughtered exceeds 45% of the total, there is liquidation. On the other hand, below 43%, there is retention. Since last year, this represents more than 45%.

"It's a record value, even above the liquidation phase from 2009 to 2010," he said.
THE NATION Miguel Schiariti, president of Ciccra, about women's work.

According to Ciccra, since April 2018, 405,946 cows were slaughtered more than a year ago. For Schiariti, 50% of culled cows were pregnant. In this regard, he calculated that this involved 200,000 fewer calves and 400,000 other potentials, which will also not be the loss of cows.

According to official data, 260,000 cows and heifers were lost although the total rodeo remained in equilibrium last year.

For Schiariti, the strong dynamism of Chinese demand and the fact that the cattle producer "has no other source of funding" accounts for the biggest cow slaughter. "A good value of 60 dollars, like a little boy," he said.

In the first quarter of the year, beef exports reached 147,651 tonnes of bone, up 34.8% from the same period of 2018.

For China, frozen cuts accounted for nearly 80% of the total volume exported in the first quarter of the year. "The growth in volume of exports of frozen cuts was 43.4% year-on-year, which is explained by the dynamism of China's interannual demand," he said.

In value, foreign sales revenue reached $ 504 million in the first quarter, an increase of 18%.

"In the first three months of 2019, 2 kilograms of beef exported from Argentina were exported to China, the largest volume exported to China accounting for total export growth., 5 out of 10 dollars charged for beef exports in the first quarter of the year, "said Ciccra.