Spain: High Input Prices Limit Expansion of Spanish Meat Production

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   SP2022-0003

Increased production costs, mainly in feed, electricity, and labor, and lower live cattle as well as pork and chicken meat exports are keeping Spanish animal production at current levels, ending the expansion experienced in the last years. Additionally, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the sector is committed to progress in the One Health concept, with environmental, animal, and human health institutions working together.

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