date:Sep 10, 2012
the impact of stock liquidation due to severe droughts in 2008/09 causing unusually high slaughtering levels and so causing low calf births in 2009/10. A recent National Food Safety and Quality Service of Argentina (SENASA) report stated there are now around 210,000 cattle operations in Argentina, with an average herd size of around 233 head.
This fall in production is coupled with the uncertainty of the governments future policy, mainly in terms of export quotas. For many years, the Argentine