Tag: Paraguayan Chamber of Meat

• Thursday, February 14th 2013 - 20:55 UTC

  Paraguay looking ahead to a promising year for beef exports and cattle ranching

  

  Abattoirs in Paraguay during January slaughtered 73% more cattle than a year ago indicating strong demand both from overseas and local markets, but also the end of restrictions because of the foot and mouth disease outbreaks that last year knocked out the land locked country from foreign markets.

• Wednesday, September 21st 2011 - 20:39 UTC

  FMD in Paraguay leaves 5.000 workers redundant and 300 million dollars losses

  

  An estimated 5.000 workers will be left redundant for two months and losses could easily reach 300 million dollars because of the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Paraguay that has banned exports, revealed Wednesday Luis Pettengill, president of the country’s Meat Chamber.