Chicken slaughtering will increase by 3.6% in the first quarter of 2026, according to IBGE.

Brazil slaughtered 1.71 billion chickens in the first quarter of 2026, according to consolidated data released this Tuesday (16) by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) The volume represents a 3.6% increase compared to the same period last year, although it decreased by 0.5% compared to the fourth quarter of 2025. According to the Statistical Survey of Livestock ProductionThe accumulated weight of chicken carcasses reached 3.73 million tons between January and March. This result represents a 6.9% increase compared to the first quarter of 2025 and a 2.2% increase compared to the previous three months. Paraná maintained its national leadership in chicken slaughter, accounting for 35.0% of the country's total. Santa Catarina follows with a 13.3% share, Rio Grande do Sul with 11.8%, and São Paulo with 10.9%.

Egg production

Brazilian chicken egg production totaled 1.21 billion dozen in the first quarter of 2026. This volume represents a 0.4% increase compared to the same period in 2025, but a 3.5% decrease compared to the fourth quarter of last year. São Paulo remained the main national egg producer, concentrating 24.6% of Brazilian production during the period. Minas Gerais appears in second place, with 10.2% of the total, followed by Paraná (9.8%) and Espírito Santo (7.9%).

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.