Chile’s pork engine is slowing down

In the last decade, Chile’s pork industry has seen considerable growth in both production and exports. Recently, however, the Chilean industry has noticed some setbacks which include ?higher feed costs and veterinary problems. For more than ten years the Chilean pork industry experienced a positive flow. Pork production grew with over 200,000 tonnes of carcass weight, to 575,000 tonnes in 2014. Production growth started to grow about 15 years ago. At that time, the country counted about 400 p