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20% of Argentinean packers have closed their doors

04/07/2011

Falling slaughter numbers have led to closure of a fifth of Argentina’s packer companies, an industry analyst has said. Speaking to media in neighbouring Uruguay, beef industry expert Ignacio Iriarte said that, equally, 20% of the sector’s workforce in his country had been laid off. He went on to say that demand for meat is strong across the...

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