Cubadebate/October 11, 2023
For every crime of theft of large livestock in the Turiguanó Genetic Livestock Company, 1.3 sacrifices have occurred so far this year, which means that, on many occasions, in the 64 thefts, more than one animal was killed ( 89 in total); unfortunate statistic, even more so for the entity with the largest Santa Gertrudis preserve in the country.
Such behavior places the company as the one with the worst numbers in Ciego de Ávila. This was stated by Liván Izquierdo Alonso, member of the Central Committee of the Party and first secretary in the province, after Luis Alberto Nieves Surí, director of Genetics Turiguanó, together with authorities from the Ministry of the Interior, presented the figures, during a recent exchange with the highest authorities of Avila.
Therefore, he urges not only that the company can provide superior security, but that the forces of the National Revolutionary Police take measures to contain this problem that has greater repercussions in an extremely difficult economic context in the country.
Among these repercussions due to the high level of criminal activity is, of course, the decrease in the Santa Gertrudis breed bovine herd to less than 5,000, when a year ago Invasor reported a number of these specimens above 12,000 in 2021, the highest of Cuba and among the first in Latin America.
If we add to the above the low birth rate of the Santa Gertrudis, calculated at 57 percent in 2021, due to the shortage of nitrogen to preserve the semen of the bulls, and the few stallions in the country,” he explained. this press medium―, it seems difficult to meet the projection of 8,000 heads in the development plan for 2030.
Despite the inconveniences, Genetics Turiguanó has a series of orders remaining until the end of 2023, which include planting cassava, cultivating the protein plant tithonia (4 hectares), incorporating twenty cows of other breeds with the objective of producing and delivering milk directly to the wineries, as well as completing two tons of meat products to guarantee the Avilanian basket at the end of the year.