January 23, 2013
The indexes costs of pig production in 2012 were announced last week by Embrapa (Brazilian Enterprise for Agricultural Research) Swine and Poultry, with the cost rising considerably at 28.74% for swine.
Only in December, ICPSuÃno was 1.74% higher than the previous month, about 179.09 points. In practice, the high cost of production was the main reason why hundreds of pig farmers abandon the activity in 2012.
"It was the worst year in the history of swine. A year full of sorrows and much withdrawal. But even then, thousands of producers remain active and expect a best price in 2013, and lower costs and stable," said the president of ACCS, Losivanio Luiz Lorenzi.
According to Embrapa Swine and Poultry, rations, whose formulation depends on corn and soymeal, again the inputs that were most influenced to a high of 28.74% of ICPSuÃno in 2012. "Only nutrition had an impact of 26.37%. Inputs of other groups, such as health, miscellaneous facilities, equipment, fold, and transport, although with positive changes were not significant when compared to the variations of power," says the analyst Embrapa, Ari Sandi Jarbas.
