The event is open to technicians, livestock producers, and specialists and will be held from 16th to 17th of March in the Alfonso Nunez Training Center, in Boaco.
The National Cattlemen Association of Nicaragua (Conagan) extends its invitation to participate in the XI National Dairy Forum, to be held on 16th to 17th March in the Alfonso Nunez Training Center (Rancho Rojo) in Camoapa, Boaco.
Ranchers are complaining that the increase of $0.20 per kilogram of cattle exported as leather is eroding their competitiveness.
The DGI published in La Gaceta on 4 February that "... In every act of exporting live cattle made by natural persons, it will be mandatory to submit to the Center for Exports (CETREX ) and the Directorate General of Customs Services the taxable receipt in original format which supports retention payments for its verification. "
The third edition of the International Agricultural Fair will be held in San Pedro Sula on 19 and 20 May 2016, at the Expocentro Convention Center.
From a statement issued by Agromercados 2016:
The event aims to act as a meeting point in Honduras between public and private actors representing the different links in the agricultural chain (producers, domestic and international buyers, agro-exporters, agribusiness, financial sector, raw material suppliers, packaging, services, public entities and cooperatives, etc.) in order to promote business deals. More than 1,000 visitors are expected.
Financial intermediation, trade, agriculture, livestock and fishing, private services, manufacturing and transport, storage and communications boosted growth in economic activity.
From a statement issued by the Bank of Guatemala:
Economic activity measured by estimating IMAE up to December 2015 showed a growth of 4.2% (4.9% in December 2014).
This result was driven by the positive performance seen mainly in economic activities in financial, insurance intermediation and auxiliary activities; Wholesale and Retail; agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing; private services; Manufacturing industries; and transport, storage and communications.
The Mexican group has agreed to acquire 100% of the shares of the Nicaraguan company which has sales of $46 million a year.
From a statement issued by Grupo Lala:
Mexico City, on January 28, 2016 - Grupo LALA, SAB de CV, a Mexican company focusing on the healthy foods industry (BMV: LALA B), reports that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the capital shares of Productos Lácteos La Perfecta, S.A.
Between 2014 and 2015 the number of head of cattle declined by 5.2%, while pigs increased by 5.7%.
The number of cattle in the country, counted in heads, fell by 5.2% between 2014 and 2015, according to figures from the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC), at the Comptroller General of the Republic.
According to figures from the Advance Livestock Poll, cattle fell by 84,700 heads between one year and the next, totaling 1,539,000 in 2015. The western sectors of Panama and Bocas del Toro saw the highest reductions (-13% and -10.9%).
In Nicaragua domestic cattle producers are being paid better than those in other countries.
"... The plants are paying around US $3.22 per kilo for 'hot' beef while markets such as Brazil, the world's largest exporter, whose meat competes with Nicaragua’s, paid US $2.22 per kilo. That means that Nicaragua is paying about $220 more per head than in those markets, and 45% more per kilo of 'hot' beef relative to the leading exporter of beef in the world ", said Onel Perez, executive director of the Nicaraguan Chamber of Beef Exporting Plants (Canicarne), in an extensive interview with Elnuevodiario.com.ni.
In Nicaragua the slow pace of implementation of the system is preventing the livestock sector from make the most of the beef export quota established by the Agreement with the EU.
The 2083 tonnes of beef which the livestock sector in Nicaragua could sell to the European market is not being fully leveraged due to the fact that they do not have the required minimum records demanded by European law to allow the importation of products.
In 2015 a 15% increase in the volume of milk exported offset the fall in international prices of meat and the recurring problem of smuggling in the sector.
Although meat is still the leading export sector in Nicaragua, the country's foreign exchange earnings fell by 1.6%, going from $474.8 million in 2014 to $467 million in 2015. This information was disclosed by the Nicaraguan Chamber of Beef Exporting Plants (Canicarne).
A study by the Central American Academy has concluded that there are market distortions that explain the low productivity of the sector compared with other producing countries.
Summary and conclusions of "Policies for productive development study. Experiences in the case of bananas and cattle "
Beef cattle shows low and stagnant productivity rates, according to the usual measurement standards in the industry.
The XXV meeting of the Latin American Association of Animal Production will take place in Panama in November 2017.
The event will address issues related to the use of technology to improve production of bovine meat and milk, as well as research into new breeding techniques.
"... A representative of the Panamanian Association of Animal Production (APPA), Rolando Guerrero, said that Panamanian livestock has undergone significant developments and this is precisely the opportunity to present the work of our technicians, researchers and producers, aimed at improving production both in terms of quantity and in quality. "
Lack of cattle traceability is preventing the food industry from comply with the amendments to the rules on labeling of meat products.
From a statement issued by the Costa Rican Chamber of the Food Industry:
We are opposed to the excessive and unjustified requirements on meat labeling.
The Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce (MEIC) initiated a series of actions to enable consumers to know the conditions under which meats are handled and processed, which led to reforms to the technical regulation on labeling of meat.
Between January and October the numbers of cattle slaughtered remained almost unchanged compared to the same period in 2014, while pork production recorded an increase of 5%.
The effects of climate influenced the results of beef production, mainly during the first half of the year. Representatives of the union of producers anticipate that next year they will be "...
As a measure to discourage smuggling, the taxable limit for withholding income tax on the export of live cattle has been reduced.
The Federation of Livestock Associations of Nicaragua (Faganic) welcomed the decision to reduce the limit for incurring income tax, believing that it will be an incentive to reduce smuggling of cattle and allowing more to be exported through the formal market.
The new National Bovine Health Program creates a control system and health information service to improve diagnosis and epidemiological surveillance in the livestock sector.
The National Bovine Health Program (PROSABO) "... creates a health information system for receiving reports of outbreaks, cases and establish indicators, attack rates, morbidity and mortality, among other things.