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Uruguayan beef exports for 2018 are forecast to decline by almost 3 percent to 420,000 tons.

Post forecasts 2017/18 area planted to remain stagnant at 1.2 million hectares. This area and a return to historical yields are forecast to produce 3 million tons.

ruguayan beef exports for 2017 are forecast down marginally at 382,000 tons carcass weight equivalent.

ruguayan beef exports for 2017 are forecast down marginally at 382,000 tons carcass weight equivalent.

Post forecasts 2016/17 production area at 1.1 million hectares, a decrease of 8 percent from Post’s area estimate of 15/16.

The United States is the world’s largest producer of beef but it also imports more beef than any other country.

Uruguayan beef exports for 2016 are forecast at 395,000 tons carcass weight equivalent (cwe), the highest in the past ten years.

In a time of tight margins due to lower commodity prices, only soybeans make financial sense.

Uruguayan beef production for 2015 is forecast up at 620,000 tons carcass weight equivalent, as a result of a larger slaughter.