Cattle slaughter numbers increased 33 percent this October
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Cattle slaughter numbers increased 33 percent this October from September 2017, the National Statistics Institute announced on Friday in a release. Slaughter numbers inched up 2 pct for pigs and poultry and decreased 2 pct for sheep and goats, respectively. In October vs. September, the number of slaughtered animals and carcass weight were up for cattle, pigs and poultry, and lower for sheep and goats. In a YoY ...