Jamaica’s Cattle Industry
Jamaica — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 2379877; 2024: 2839175
Cattle inventory
1990: 380000; 2024: 153169 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef production
1990: 15024; 2024: 7407 t
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef imports
1990: 8443.8; 2024: 18654.64 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef exports
1990: 0; 2024: 160.16 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef slaughtered
1990: 68461; 2024: 28554 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef offtake rate
1991: 18; 2024: 18.6 %
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: 165001 tonnes; 2024: 325876.83 tonnes
Wheat
1991: 187000 tonnes; 2024: 177470 tonnes
Barley
1991: 0 tonnes; 2023: 2.64 tonnes
Sorghum
Baseline: Unavailable tonnes; 2023: 18.72 tonnes
Oats
1991: 1643 tonnes; 2024: 115.5 tonnes
Soya beans
1991: 51142 tonnes; 2024: 564.86 tonnes
Cake of soya beans
1991: 10250 tonnes; 2024: 127772.15 tonnes