Increase in slaughter numbers and meat production in February 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
The total number of cattle slaughtered and their carcass weight in February 2011 increased by 53.7 percent, respectively 46.8 percent compared to same period in 2010, while for sheep and goats there were higher percentages of 34.6 percent, and 15.4 percent respectively, reveal provisional data published on Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics INS . At the same time, the total number of slaughtered hogs and their carcass weight increased by 26.7 percent and 23.6 percent ...