USDA predicts continuing drop in Uruguayan slaughter stats
27/09/2011
The US Department of Agriculture has published a new report on the prospects for the meat industry in Uruguay in 2012. One headline finding is that slaughter rates will continue to fall, with 545,000 tonnes beef the total projected output for 2011 and 535,000 tonnes for 2012. The report says that severe drought in Uruguay in 2008 and 2009 is one...