Livestock sector wants to open to the export of meat to attract currencies and support the producer’s work

The president of the Federation of Livestocks of Venezuela (Fedenaga), Edgar Medina, said that Venezuelan producers They are working based on producing the food that the country needs.

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He also said that The domestic demand for meat has been met: «Today we have a demand of approximately 1,500,000 heads of cattle that go to annual sacrifice and we are producing that and a half million.»

He commented that we need to raise meat and milk production inventories to achieve, «not only satisfy the domestic market as we do, but to reach also have a remnant that makes us possible to export ».

Medina said that the agricultural sector wants to export, because this is an alternative to generate currencies for the country and Sustain the work of Venezuelan producer.

«To be able to leverage ourselves on the credit theme and to be able to advance in the inventory number necessary to continue advancing, ”he added.

Similarly, he emphasized Radio Union that there is a «difficult situation» with the exchange rate in the country and recalled that The livestock sector manages the issue of buying inputs in currencies.