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BOVINE MEAT: CATTLE RAISING
Cattle raising constitutes a large sector of South
America's economy . Livestock production also
occupies large parts of rural South America,
especially cattle ranching. Most of the commercial
livestock production, especially for the export
sector, occurs on big estancias that have been the
source of economic and social dominance for their
owners for many generations.
We raise and breed bovines for their meat and
hides. We sell living bovine animals to other stock
breeders in Paraguay or Brazil,and to cold-storage
plants to be exported as beef meat within the
Mercosur area, to the European Union and other
countries. We also sell cows, bulls, and calfs to
Brazilian and Paraguayan livestock traders and
businessmen.
The bulls, cows and young animals we trade are of
the following strains:
Nellore
Red Angus
Brangus (the mixture of Angus with Nellore or
Brahman)
Limousine
Fleckvieckz
All these strains of cows and bulls are known as
beef cattle. Beef cattle are bred and selected
primarily for the production of meat. Beef breeds
carry considerable muscle especially around the
loins and hindquarters, where it has greatest
monetary value.
Red Angus
The Aberdeen Angus breed is synonymous with
high-quality beef. The breed was created in the
counties of Aberdeenshire and Angus in north-east
Scotland in the late 18th century.
The characteristic features of the breed are black
colour, polled head, compact and low set body, fine
quality of flesh, and high dressing percentage. It is a
beef breed of the highest rank; and for years
purebred or crossbred. Within the breed, a strain
known as Red Angus is the most popular within the
Mercosur area (Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina,
Uruguay). Also, the Brangus strain developed from
the outcross of Brahman or Nellore cattle with
Angus stocks.
Brangus is the mixture of Angus strains with Nellore
or Brahman.
Limousine
Limousine is also a beef cattle originated in the area
around Limoges in France in about 1860. The meat
is tender and fine-fibred, reducing the tendency to
put on fat and produce heavy bone. The breed is
rectangular in shape with a small head. All
meat-bearing parts are heavily muscled. The hair is
straw-coloured to reddish gold with lighter areas
around the eyes, muzzle, and lower brisket. The
horns and hooves are pale. The bull grows up to 1.55
m. The cow grows up to 1.4 m.
Nellore
Nellore strains originated in India; it was crossbred
in Latin America to produce the improved beef
breeds known as Indo-Brazil breeds. Indian cattle
were first imported into the Western Hemisphere in
the mid-19th century. The Gir, Gujarat, and Nellore
varieties were particularly successful in Brazil and
the rest of the Mercosur, where heat, humidity, and
pests made northern European breeds less
profitable.
For further information please do not hesitate to
contact us:
info@macoritto.com
LIVESTOCK.
BOVINE MEAT: CATTLE RAISING
Cattle raising constitutes a large sector of South
America's economy . Livestock production also
occupies large parts of rural South America,
especially cattle ranching. Most of the commercial
livestock production, especially for the export
sector, occurs on big estancias that have been the
source of economic and social dominance for their
owners for many generations.
We raise and breed bovines for their meat and
hides. We sell living bovine animals to other stock
breeders in Paraguay or Brazil,and to cold-storage
plants to be exported as beef meat within the
Mercosur area, to the European Union and other
countries. We also sell cows, bulls, and calfs to
Brazilian and Paraguayan livestock traders and
businessmen.
The bulls, cows and young animals we trade are of
the following strains:
Nellore
Red Angus
Brangus (the mixture of Angus with Nellore or
Brahman)
Limousine
Fleckvieckz
All these strains of cows and bulls are known as
beef cattle. Beef cattle are bred and selected
primarily for the production of meat. Beef breeds
carry considerable muscle especially around the
loins and hindquarters, where it has greatest
monetary value.
Red Angus
The Aberdeen Angus breed is synonymous with
high-quality beef. The breed was created in the
counties of Aberdeenshire and Angus in north-east
Scotland in the late 18th century.
The characteristic features of the breed are black
colour, polled head, compact and low set body, fine
quality of flesh, and high dressing percentage. It is a
beef breed of the highest rank; and for years
purebred or crossbred. Within the breed, a strain
known as Red Angus is the most popular within the
Mercosur area (Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina,
Uruguay). Also, the Brangus strain developed from
the outcross of Brahman or Nellore cattle with
Angus stocks.
Brangus is the mixture of Angus strains with Nellore
or Brahman.
Limousine
Limousine is also a beef cattle originated in the area
around Limoges in France in about 1860. The meat
is tender and fine-fibred, reducing the tendency to
put on fat and produce heavy bone. The breed is
rectangular in shape with a small head. All
meat-bearing parts are heavily muscled. The hair is
straw-coloured to reddish gold with lighter areas
around the eyes, muzzle, and lower brisket. The
horns and hooves are pale. The bull grows up to 1.55
m. The cow grows up to 1.4 m.
Nellore
Nellore strains originated in India; it was crossbred
in Latin America to produce the improved beef
breeds known as Indo-Brazil breeds. Indian cattle
were first imported into the Western Hemisphere in
the mid-19th century. The Gir, Gujarat, and Nellore
varieties were particularly successful in Brazil and
the rest of the Mercosur, where heat, humidity, and
pests made northern European breeds less
profitable.
For further information please do not hesitate to
contact us:
info@macoritto.com
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