Argentina’s Cattle Industry
Argentina — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 32755901; 2025: 45851378
Cattle inventory
1990: 52845000; 2024: 52783892 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef production
1990: 3007000; 2024: 3178044 t
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef imports
1990: 0; 2024: 3582.03 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef exports
1990: 397656; 2024: 1046782.69 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef slaughtered
1990: 13423578; 2024: 13931760 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef offtake rate
1991: 26.3; 2024: 26.4 %
Derived as head slaughtered ÷ total cattle inventory × 100.
Derived from FAOSTAT cattle inventory and slaughter
Selected grain and feed imports
Supplier breakdown from the FAOSTAT Detailed Trade Matrix, latest year with recorded import value per country; feed items summed. Reported by the importing country.
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Maize (corn)
1991: 1159 tonnes; 2024: 9597.65 tonnes
Wheat
1991: 13222 tonnes; 2024: 9.91 tonnes
Barley
1991: 1 tonnes; 2024: 162.41 tonnes
Sorghum
1991: 21 tonnes; 2024: 2320.59 tonnes
Oats
1991: 8 tonnes; 2024: 292.2 tonnes
Soya beans
1991: 33 tonnes; 2024: 7580767.2 tonnes
Cake of soya beans
1991: 51 tonnes; 2024: 269.64 tonnes