Marfrig to build Argentina's biggest feedlot

27/01/2010

A subsidiary of Brazilian packer firm Marfrig has acquired a 200 hectare site in the province of Córdoba in Argentina and will use it to set up what it claims will be the biggest feedlot in the country.

Quickfood, part of the Marfrig group, has completed the acquisition of the land near the town of Monte Ralo.

When complete, the feedlot will have the capacity to accommodate 20,000 head of cattle at once.

In a statement, Marfrig said it would invest a total of US$6.4 million in the project.