Colombia’s cattle farmers are condemning the smuggling of cattle and dairy goods from Venezuela and soliciting preventative action from the government, reported a national newspaper Wednesday.
Colombia’s beef exports to China — banned by the Asian giant in 2009 over concerns over foot and mouth disease — will resume, the Colombian agriculture minister announced on Wednesday.
The smuggling of cattle from Venezuela poses the risk of an outbreak of hoof-and-mouth disease in Colombia, according to the country’s agriculture minister. “A lot of contraband cattle is entering…
Colombia’s cows are feeling the heat as the drought caused by the El Niño phenomenon continues to bake the countryside. One cattle-producing zone in Colombia reported that 600 of its…