July 30, 2013

Brazil's meat output may rise over the next 10 years as production is expected to show the highest increase in poultry, beef, and pork, according to the latest long term outlook report released by the country's Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply.

Total Brazilian beef production will increase by 22.5% in the next 10 years to reach 10.9 million tonnes by 2022, while its exports are forecast to increase by 29% over the same period to 1.88 million tonnes.

For the first half of 2013, Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply reported that beef shipments from Brazil rose by 22% to 679,000 tonnes compared to a year earlier, while export values were 14.6% higher than the previous year. The biggest growth was recorded in exports to Hong Kong, Algeria and Iran.

Poultry production is forecast to increase 46% over the decade, thus maintaining the country's position as the world's largest chicken exporter, at an estimated 4.67 million tonnes.

For the same period, Brazilian pork production is forecast to increase 21%, to 4.2 million tonnes.

Aiding the growth in the feed intensive pork and poultry industries is further increase in grain output, with corn production expected to rise 20% over the next decade, to 93.6 million tonnes by 2022-23.

Brazilian soy production is expected to reach 99.2 million tonnes by 2022-23, an increase of 22% over the next decade – well below the 66% growth registered during the last decade.

The soy planted area is forecast to increase from 27.7 million hectares in 2013 to 34.4 million hectares in 2023. Exports for this period are forecast to rise 27.5%, to 46.9 million tonnes.