ARGENTINA HIGH QUALITY MEAT FOR THE WORLD Subsecretariat of Livestock

Título: Tipografía Arial / Versión: bold Cuerpo 16 a 18 / Color blanco Because of its soils and climate variety which allows to develop livestock under the best natural conditions. Differential value attributes (cultural, social, natural production and processing) that strengthen the integration of products and promote their position. Appreciation to Argentina the highest status on the BSE: "negligible risk" by the OIE. Completion of the health standards of the European Union. Wide variety of cuts in different presentations that aim to preserve the flavor and ensure the tenderness of the meat. Why Argentina?

Título: Tipografía Arial / Versión: bold Cuerpo 16 a 18 / Color blanco FMD: Sanitary Condition in Argentina, recognized by the OIE

Título: Tipografía Arial / Versión: bold Cuerpo 16 a 18 / Color blanco Cattle Farmers 493 Plants (Slaughter and/or Meat Processing) 90 Open markets for exports of fresh meat 97 Export plants 62 High-tech plants, authorized to export to EU 61 Plants performing Halal Slaughter BOVINE LIVESTOCK

Título: Tipografía Arial / Versión: bold Cuerpo 16 a 18 / Color blanco REGIONS OF ARGENTINA Stock Distribution Pampas NOA Region NOA NEA Region Patagonian Region Region of Cuyo 53.4% 26.8% 9.1% 8.5% 2.6%

Título: Tipografía Arial / Versión: bold Cuerpo 16 a 18 / Color blanco PRODUCTION SYSTEMS Production System CharacterísticsProductProduction area Cría/ recríaPastoreo directo de pastizales naturales y cultivados Ternero para Invernada o Feed Lot y recría vaca descarte Cuenca del Salado y Región Extra Pampeana InvernadaPastoreo directo de pastizales cultivados Novillo Vaquillona Consumo local y exportación Oeste de Bs Aires Este de La Pampa Feed LotEngorde Intensivo a grano Novillo- Vaquillona para consumo local Bs As, Sta. Fe, Cba, La Pampa, San Luis

Grass Production Extensively reared livestock (Animal Welfare), with a combination of soil and climate that allows it to develop a uniform muscle, tenderness and texture unique in the world. Pastures of the Argentine plains (splitting), which result in 100% natural meat, free of additives and hormones, low-cholesterol, saturated and intramuscular fat.

Título: Tipografía Arial / Versión: bold Cuerpo 16 a 18 / Color blanco Silvopastoral/Forest Grazing Production It allows to develop two different productive activities in one: Forestry and Forage. Protects the soil and holds moisture, producing forage for longer. Animals have shelter, improve calving and increase beef and/or milk production. It stimulates the growth of trees.

Título: Tipografía Arial / Versión: bold Cuerpo 16 a 18 / Color blanco Feed lot Intensive production, supplemented with cereal grains and corn silage of high quality. Enables rapid weight gain and the release of land for other activities. Corn silage can accumulate a large amount of dry matter of good quality, optimizing load and weight gain in grazing and generating a high yield of meat per ha when it goes to food to the feed lot.

Sexed Semen Embryo Transfer Cloning Breeding BOVINE GENETIC MATERIAL

Commercialized Quantities of Bovine Semen BOVINE GENETIC MATERIAL

Título: Tipografía Arial / Versión: bold Cuerpo 16 a 18 / Color blanco SHEEP Patagonia is the main sheep- producing area and accounts for stock: Chubut (31%), Santa Cruz (22%), Black River (12%). Buenos Aires holds a 10% of the total sheep stock, and is the province with greater participation outside Patagonia. Santa Cruz is the largest exporter of mutton assuming 80% of the total country.

Título: Tipografía Arial / Versión: bold Cuerpo 16 a 18 / Color blanco 96 sheep meat plants in the country (slaughter and/or processing) 20 sheep meat plants enabled for export distributed in Patagonia (7), Buenos Aires (5) and Entre Ríos (3) 12 export plants which perform Halal slaughter Intensive and Extensive breeding systems SHEEP

Título: Tipografía Arial / Versión: bold Cuerpo 16 a 18 / Color blanco SHEEP GENETICS Characteristics and geographical distribution Australian Merino: top wool producer 60% wool 40% meat Area: Río Negro, Chubut y Santa Cruz Corriedale: 60% wool 40% meat Area: All Argentina Romney Marsh :70% meat 30% wool Area: Buenos Aires and Litoral Hampshire Down: Great meat producer Area: Buenos Aires, Mendoza, Corrientes, Santa fe, Córdoba, Chaco

Título: Tipografía Arial / Versión: bold Cuerpo 16 a 18 / Color blanco Lincoln: 80% meat 20% wool Area: Buenos Aires Ideal : 60 % carne y 40 % lana Area: provincias del Litoral Criollo: Multipurpose Area: NOA and NEA provincies Texel Argentino : Double purpose Area: Patagonia Sur, Corrientes SHEEP GENETICS Characteristics and geographical distribution

Título: Tipografía Arial / Versión: bold Cuerpo 16 a 18 / Color blanco Pampinta (3/4 Frisona x 1/4 Corriedale) Multipurpose, 1,27 lt/day and 272 days of breastfeeding. Lean meat. Area: La Pampa and arid provincies Frisones: Double purpose Area: Template and cold zones Border Leicester :Meat, Thick Wool Area: Buenos Aires SHEEP GENETICS Characteristics and geographical distribution

Título: Tipografía Arial / Versión: bold Cuerpo 16 a 18 / Color blanco PATAGONIAN SHEEP Unique weather conditions which result in low disease incidence. Free of FMD without vaccination recognized OIE. Exports from that region can be with bone. 100% natural production, within an environment slightly modified by man. Lean meat, low cholesterol, smoothness, balance, tenderness and juiciness recognized as unique in the world.

Título: Tipografía Arial / Versión: bold Cuerpo 16 a 18 / Color blanco POULTRY 4 Grandparents breeding farms Grandparents 274 Farms of reproducers 7.6 Million parents 573 Million broilers 80 Hatchery 5300 Poultry farms CHARACTERISTICS OF PRIMARY PRODUCTION 50 Meat plants 13 Meat plants performing BPM, POES, HACCP, and ISO 9001 CHARACTERISTICS OF POULTRY INDUSTRY

Título: Tipografía Arial / Versión: bold Cuerpo 16 a 18 / Color blanco Geographical Distribution of Poultry Farms Provincies Participation Entre Ríos 46% Buenos Aires 36% Santa Fe 7% Córdoba 4% Mendoza 3% Río Negro y Neuquén 2% NOA 1% Broiler Chicken Breeds Cobb Ross Arbor Acres Hubbard

Título: Tipografía Arial / Versión: bold Cuerpo 16 a 18 / Color blanco Geographical Distribution of Poultry Plants Provincies Participation Entre Ríos 45% Buenos Aires 42% Córdoba 5% Santa Fe 4% Río Negro y Neuquén 3% Mendoza 1%

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