July 24, 2012

Mexico's 2011 feed production records 28.3 million tonnes

Mexico recorded 28.3 million tonnes of feed intended for consumption by livestock and pets in 2011, the Information Service Food and Fisheries (SIAP) department reported.

Last year, the country added value through agro-industrial processes and 18 million tonnes of grains such as sorghum, corn and forage.

According to statistics from SIAP, Mexico is recorded as the sixth largest producer of feed in the world and the second in Latin America. For 2012, Mexico expects to produce 28.7 million tonnes of feed, a slightly higher amount than achieved during 2011.

This production is estimated to have a market value of about US$112,121 and to employ 270,000 people.

The SIAP explained that in Mexico there are 552 processors of agricultural goods in feed, distributed mainly in the states of Jalisco, Michoacan, Puebla, Queretaro and Chiapas and Mexico City.

Of the estimated production for 2012, more than half will be used for poultry, followed by dairy, fisheries and cattle.