31,000 #cattle #dead during past 3 months due to #drought in #Colombia

Livestock Alert

The high temperatures that have been registered in the country have reached 40 degrees centigrade. The president of the union expressed his concern, because as a result of this more than 250 thousand head of cattle have had to be displaced.

“Summer has hit the cattle sector hard, in regions with more intensity than others, the Caribbean Coast, especially in the dry low tropic part, is very affected, more than 31 thousand animals have been killed or killed, and more than 250 thousand animals have been displaced, “said the president.

So far, the most affected departments have been Casanare and La Guajira, places where the drought has damaged the prairies, making them dry and unproductive.

“We currently have silos and bales of food, most likely in February and March the livestock production units reduce their animal load by up to 50 percent,” he added.

Faced with this bleak landscape for farmers, the National Government will allocate resources to produce green and nutritious pastusas for livestock at any time of the year.

Courtesy of elespectador.com

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