The Colombian Beef sector offers the following advantages:
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Colombia has the Fourth Highest Beef Herd of Any Country in Latin America with a 23, 6 million cattle head inventory to 2008.
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Feeding based on pastures throughout the year as we are located in the tropical strip of the equatorial line, a region with the necessary sunlight for the continuous production of biomass throughout the whole year.
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Colombia has a Cattle Head Inventory with Excellent breeds herd such as Cebú (Brahman). Within the cebu breeds, the Colombian Braham, ideal for beef production in tropical conditions, stands out as having the highest quality in genetics worldwide.
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Colombia, the fourth largest beef cattle producer in Latin America with a production of 911,000 tons in carcasses weight equivalent (t cwe) in 2008.
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Colombia has a growth production potential of 22% in the next ten years to meet the increase in beef demand worldwide, a percentage higher than the one registered by the U.S.A., Argentina, Brazil, Canada and Mexico.
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Important advances in health matters. In 2009 all the national territory is aphthous fever-free with vaccination.
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Access to different export markets such as CAN (Andean Community Countries), Mercosur, Chile, Cuba, Canada and Mexico. With the EU (European Union) under trade negotiations while the FTA with the U.S.A. is pending for approval.
These are only some of the reasons to invest in the Beef Sector. We invite you to know, in detail, about these and other reasons to make Colombia your selected destination for projects.
Advisor:
Soulange Cordoba
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