SUMMER HAS LEFT 25,000 DEAD CATTLE IN CESAR, COLOMBIA

Jude Sat 05 Sep 2015, 00:18

September 1, 2015

Posted by RPT news

Cesar farmers reported the death of 25 000 cattle in so far this year, following the severe drought affecting the department, which has led to declining food herds in the region.

The president of the Dairy Committee of Cesar, Carlos Eduardo Campo Cuello said that producers are very concerned that the entire sector is affected by the long summer, which has impacted negatively also specialized dairy Cesar, whose production has fallen 70%.

"The Cesar produced a million liters of milk, about, and now barely reaches about 300,000 liters a day," he said.

The deaths of cattle are added to the figures for losses in other sectors such as corn, rice and rural employment, whose production has fallen by more than 60%, while and are more than 18 thousand unemployed in the country .

The extent of the phenomenon of the child until next year: In addition to the losses caused by the summer, one more concern to farmers adds.

"We Ideam information that El Niño will last until April 2016 and that is why now no longer an El Niño but a super kid," said the union leader.

Overall losses in the department of Cesar, resulting from strong summer, now totaling over 204 billion pesos.

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