Pig slaughter in Brazil is projected to grow by 5.5% in the first quarter of 2026, according to IBGE.

THE Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) It was reported this Tuesday (19) that Brazil slaughtered 15.27 million pigs in the first quarter of 2026 under some type of sanitary inspection service. The data is preliminary. The volume represents a growth of 5.5% compared to the same period in 2025, although it registered a slight decrease of 0.1% compared to the fourth quarter of last year. The accumulated weight of the carcasses totaled 1.37 million tons between January and March. In the annual comparison, there was an increase of 2.6%, while compared to the immediately preceding quarter a reduction of 3.0% was observed.

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