Of the 767,600 liters of milk that Artemiseño ranchers had to deliver to the industry, in the period from March 1 to May 10, 799,800 have been received, for an overfulfillment of the plan by 4.19 percent (%) .
Likewise, the beef provided amounts to 322 thousand tons, of the 295 thousand tons expected in the year to date, as a result of the effectiveness of the special research on larger livestock in this territory.
Alcides López Labrada, Delegate of Agriculture, stressed that there are still municipalities that do not increase. “In the case of milk: Alquízar, Guanajay, Artemisa and Mariel; and Alquízar and Artemisa also fail to deliver meat, and Güira de Melena is added to this indicator.
The delegate also added that a determining action to reach positive numbers is the detection of producers sending milk to unapproved destinations. “The causes are being investigated as to why there are 674 livestock owners, 9.53%, who divert food to non-prioritized destinations.”
In general terms, the most recent evaluation report of this control exercise indicates that the amount of the 915 fines for violations detected in this period amounts to more than seven million pesos.
These types of sanctions are the majority compared to the rest of the rigorous measures that also include 235 usufructs rescinded, 32 people detained, ten forced purchases, seven occupations, six cooperative leaders and three officials administratively sanctioned.
Regarding the violations, López Labrada added that a total of 42,783 have been detected, of which 4,443 are relevant, essentially linked to crowd control; Therefore, more than five thousand measures have had to be applied with 62% effectiveness.
