A country that is growing.
We trade cattle together with two family-run partner operations in Colombia. Bought in, grown out, sold on. Running alongside that are the breeding of young stock and the sale of milk.
Calves are born on the operations or bought in. They stay with the cow until weaning, roughly eight months out on pasture. After that they go into grow-out or into the sale.
Weaned animals keep growing on pasture grass until they reach sale weight. No barn, no shortcut. The grass makes the weight, and that takes its months.
Milk comes from buffalo. They deliver independently of the grow-out cycle, daily, to buyers in the region — the part of the operation that yields something every day.
The animals turn over. The operations and the partnerships stay.
Our partner operations sit in two departamentos in northern Colombia. Both are among the largest cattle populations in the country; together they hold more than four million head.
Two family-run operations, both in the same place for decades. The herd moves with the trade, so no head count is given here.
Our partners in Colombia have been trading and breeding cattle for decades.
Real assets like cattle are proven, stable goods. The demand for meat is always there.
Colombia has attractive grazing land, and its geography opens up attractive possibilities for the cattle trade.
With our partners on the ground we aim for the best possible quality in everything we trade.
Two countries keeping the same animal, under very different conditions.
| Merkmal | Colombia | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|
| Land area | 1,141,748 km² | 41,285 km² |
| Cattle | about 29 million | 1.53 million |
| Cattle per km² | about 25 | about 37 |
| Vegetation | Tropical, year round | Dormant through winter |
| Grazing | Outdoors year round | Seasonal, winter feeding |
Colombia is roughly twenty-eight times the size of Switzerland and keeps roughly nineteen times as many cattle. Measured against land area, Switzerland still holds more animals per square kilometre.
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