BLR Statistics & Highlights
Farmers & Establishments
At the end of the year 2023 (31st, December) the total active farmers recorded in the BLR (Belize Livestock Registry) was 6,808. Compared to the last AGM report of 2022, that is a 588-farmer increase. Furthermore, out of the total active farmers, 5,663 (83.18%) are males and 565 (8.29%) are females with the highest concentration of farmers in Orange Walk (2,268) and Cayo (1,939) respectively. Orange Walk comprises the larger number of farmers in the entire country which adds up to 33.31% of cattle ranchers.
With regards to number of cattle heads per farmer, it can be observed in the figure on the left, that 86.96% (4,677) of the industry can be classified as small farmers and own anything between 1 to 50 animals, whilst only 4.8% of the farmers have 150 plus. Of note the total sums up to 5,378 farmers; as there are farmers that do not have animals, some buy and sell only, others are institutions or slaughterhouses.
Figure 1: Registred farmers with the Belize Livestock Registry (BLR)
Table on the right goes on further to show the number of establishment and distribution per district. Note that the total number of establishments is 6,665 and includes ranches, slaughterhouses, re-sellers among others.
National Herd
The Distribution of the National Herd by Age illustrates a healthy cattle population putting the total Herd per the BLR at 190,483 with 146,466 being female and 43,577 being male (Shown on table 4).
Orange Walk and Cayo have the highest concentration of cattle respectively as shown on Table 5.
National Slaughter/Consumption
According, to BLR records, 8,765 animals were consumed locally in 2023 with March being the highest month of consumption with 1,013 animals and may the lowest at 508 animals.
Cattle Export Report
Table below shows export trends monthly and yearly from 2022-2023. Statistics illustrates fluctuation in the first half of each year and conversely showing similarities/normalization for the latter part of each year.
