Minimum Slaughter Weight Eliminated and Aim to Free Up the Cattle Market
The Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Nation (SAGyP) officially repealed Resolution 68/2007, a regulation that for almost two decades established a mandatory minimum weight for the slaughter of cattle.
The decision implies the withdrawal of a historical intervention in the cattle market, in line with an agenda that seeks greater flexibility for the sector's players.
The original resolution, implemented at the height of the interventionist policies on agriculture, required that animals could not be sent for slaughter below 140 kilos for...
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