Between October 2018 and the same month in 2019, the number of cattle slaughtered in Panama increased 10%, while the slaughter of pigs decreased 6%.
According to the latest report of the General Comptroller of the Republic of Panama detail that in the first ten months of the year 283,227 head of cattle were slaughtered, a figure higher than the 270,214 reported in the same period of 2018.
Between January and September 2018 and the same period in 2019, the number of cattle slaughtered in Panama increased 4%, while the slaughter of pigs decreased 9%.
The most recent figures from the General Comptroller's Office of the Republic of Panama detail that in the first nine months of the year 252,143 head of cattle were slaughtered, a figure higher than the 242,270 reported in the same period of 2018.
Between the first half of 2018 and the same period in 2019, the number of cattle slaughtered in Panama increased 3%, while the slaughter of pigs decreased 9%.
The most recent data from the General Comptroller's Office of the Republic of Panama detail that in the first six months of the year 163,899 head of cattle were slaughtered, a figure higher than the 159,466 reported in the same period of 2018.
Between the first two months of 2018 and the same period in 2019 the number of cattle slaughtered in Panama increased 6%, while the slaughter of pigs decreased 5%.
The most recent data from the General Comptroller of the Republic of Panama detail that in the first two months of the year 55,274 head of cattle were slaughtered, a figure higher than the 296,703 reported in the same period of 2018.
Last year, the number of cattle slaughtered in Panama reported no significant change from 2017, while the slaughter of pigs increased 9%.
The latest report of the General Comptroller of the Republic of Panama details that last year 323,326 head of cattle were slaughtered, a similar figure to the 322,946 reported in 2017.
Between January and November 2018, the number of slaughtered cattle remained unchanged from the same period in 2017, while the number of pigs slaughtered increased by 9%.
The latest figures from the General Comptroller of the Republic of Panama detail that in the first eleven months of the year 297,790 head of cattle were slaughtered, a figure similar to the 296,703 reported in the same period of 2017.
Between January and October 2018 and the same period in 2017, the number of slaughtered animals was unchanged, while the number of pigs slaughtered increased by 10%.
According to the latest data from the General Comptroller of Panama, in the first ten months of the year, 270.120 head of cattle were slaughtered, a similar figure to the 270.134 reported in the same period of 2017.
The new pig slaughterhouse under construction in San Juan Opico, in La Libertad, will have the capacity to slaughter around 300 pigs per shift.
The slaughterhouse is a joint project by the Salvadoran Association of Producers and the US Embassy, which will contribute most of the funds.The slaughterhouse will have the capacity to slaughter about 300 animals per shift, with the possibility of working two shifts and doubling production.
Livestock farmers claim that in some areas of the border with Honduras the authorities are demanding requirements that complicate the free passage of livestock to the North of Central America.
Figures from the Center of Exports (Cetrex) show that between January and September 30 this year 17,222 head of cattle were exported, 3,852 cattle less than in the same period in 2016.According to the breeders, this decrease is due to"obstacles imposed by the government to favor slaughterhouses."
Senasa has started the process of registration and updating information on subsistence, small, medium and large pig farms in the country.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Agriculture:
As part of the implementation of the Control System for Mobilization and Traceability of pigs from the beginning of this year 2017, the National Animal Health Service (SENASA) at the Ministry of Agriculture, is carrying out, in regional offices, registration and updating of information of existing pig farms in the country (subsistence / backyard, small, medium and large) in the Integrated Registration System for Agricultural Establishments (SIREA by its initials in Spanish), with registration of establishments composing the first stage established in the implementation of the traceability system for the pig sector.
Milk and meat producers have reported discrepancies between the prices paid by slaughterhouses and international market prices.
The Federation of Livestock in Nicaragua (Faganic), the National Union of Agricultural Producers in Nicaragua (UPANIC), and the Nicaraguan Chamber of the Milk Sector (CANISLAC) have reported that four slaughterhouses are distorting the local market by allegedly paying prices that are lower than international prices.
It has been reported that to date 14,303 animals have been traced and identified and 97 establishments have been registered in the National Traceability and Livestock Registry System.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock:
With the decisive support of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG by its initials in Spanish) through the National Agricultural Health Service (SENASA) the International Regional Organization for Agricultural Health (OIRSA), and the National Federation of Farmers and Ranchers in Honduras (FENAGH), this nation has joined the rest of the countries in Central America.
The Municipality of La Chorrera will be hearing offers from private companies interested in operating a meat processing plant in the municipality through a joint venture.
In order to prevent the closure of the plant, municipal authorities are assessing creating a joint venture with a private company interested in operating the slaughterhouse, which because it does not have a treatment plant can only sell processed meat within the province.
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 Honduras shortages caused by cattle smuggling and uncontrolled exports to Guatemala and Mexico have forced the closure of a plant which in 2014 exported $37 million worth of meat products.
The company Carnes y Derivados SA de CV decided to stop operating the plant that operated in Catacamas, Olancho province, mainly due to the shortage of cattle which is affecting agribusinesses in the country.
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