Slaughter capability ought to permit for elevated manufacturing by as much as 10%
12 December 2024
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The USDA Overseas Agricultural Service (FAS) submit in Argentina forecasts 2025 rooster meat manufacturing at 2.545 million metric tons (MMT), in accordance with a current US Division of Agriculture (USDA) International Agricultural Info Community (GAIN) report.
Poultry producers anticipate solely barely greater home demand. Troublesome macroeconomic circumstances in Argentina constrain extra progress.
Manufacturing has risen to satisfy home demand. As beef costs rise amid the financial recession, shoppers have turned to extra poultry for his or her protein. Greater than 80% of the nation’s rooster meat manufacturing is processed in 55 federally inspected vegetation. The remaining quantity is produced at 40 extra vegetation which might be regulated and restricted by provincial authorities for home sale solely, with a small quantity of on-farm and yard manufacturing.
Industrial broilers for the home market are slaughtered at 49–52 days at a carcass weight between 6–6.5 kilos whereas these for a lot of export markets are slaughtered at 28–32 days at a a lot lighter carcass weight between 2–2.5 kilos as requested by these markets. Submit estimates that over 900 million birds can be slaughtered in CY 2025 between nationally and regionally inspected vegetation, and greater than 80 p.c of the trade is within the Provinces of Buenos Aires and Entre Rios.
The majority of Argentine broilers are produced by giant vertically built-in firms that handle all phases of poultry meat manufacturing, from elevating broiler breeders to advertising and marketing the meat, processed merchandise, and by-products. This management over the provision chain gives these firms with traceability all through the complete manufacturing course of. The main firms primarily deal with 4 areas for their steady enchancment and analysis plans: genetics, feeding, dealing with, and well being. As market circumstances allow, these firms additionally put money into new know-how and gear, although import restrictions on inputs create challenges in planning or upgrading amenities. No new main investments in processing capability have been introduced because the new administration took workplace in December 2023.
Troublesome macroeconomic circumstances in Argentina, coupled with tight financing circumstances for facility renovation and enchancment, additional limit productiveness progress. Regardless of these challenges, current slaughter capability ought to permit for elevated manufacturing by as much as 10%, even with out extra funding in processing amenities. Whereas the Argentine poultry trade has greater prices than some rivals, export taxes on feed substances present a bonus to the trade. Though the export costs for Argentine grains and soybeans are in step with international costs, home costs for these feed substances are decrease (with out having to pay their respective export tax charges). Poultry producers, due to this fact, can buy compound feed at decrease costs than their rivals in different markets. Nevertheless, a part of this benefit is eradicated since rooster meat faces its personal export tax (at the moment at 6.75%).
CY 2024 manufacturing forecast is revised upward to 2.485 MMT. Manufacturing information for 2023 is revised based mostly on the official information now out there.
