oultry producers anticipate solely barely increased home demand
28 October 2024
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Argentina’s USDA Overseas Agricultural Service publish forecasts 2025 hen meat manufacturing at 2.545 million metric tons (MMT), in accordance with a current US Division of Agriculture (USDA) World Agricultural Info Community (GAIN) report. Poultry producers anticipate solely barely increased home demand. Tough macroeconomic circumstances in Argentina constrain further development.
Manufacturing has risen to fulfill home demand. As beef costs rise amid the financial recession, customers have turned to extra poultry for his or her protein. Greater than 80% of the nation’s hen meat manufacturing is processed in 55 federally inspected crops. The remaining quantity is produced at 40 further crops which can 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. Publish estimates that over 900 million birds will probably be slaughtered in CY 2025 between nationally and regionally inspected crops, and greater than 80 % 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 corporations 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 availability chain gives these corporations with traceability all through the whole manufacturing course of. The main corporations primarily deal with 4 areas for his or her steady enchancment and analysis plans: genetics, feeding, dealing with, and well being. As market circumstances allow, these corporations additionally put money into new know-how and tools, although import restrictions on inputs create challenges in planning or upgrading amenities.
No new main investments in processing capability have been introduced for the reason that new administration took workplace in December 2023. Tough macroeconomic circumstances in Argentina, coupled with tight financing circumstances for facility renovation and enchancment, additional prohibit productiveness development. Regardless of these challenges, current slaughter capability ought to enable for elevated manufacturing by as much as 10 %, even with out further funding in processing amenities.
Whereas the Argentine poultry trade has increased prices than some opponents, export taxes on feed components present a bonus to the trade. Though the export costs for Argentine grains and soybeans are in step with world costs, home costs for these feed components 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 opponents in different markets. Nonetheless, a part of this benefit is eradicated since hen meat faces its personal export tax (at the moment at 6.75%).
CY 2024 manufacturing forecast is revised upward to 2.485 MMT.
Manufacturing knowledge for 2023 is revised primarily based on the official knowledge now obtainable.
