The status of the Cattle Population in Belize in 2016

1. BLPA – Belize Livestock producer
Association
by Carlos A. Itza/ CEO BLPA 2016
by Carlos A. Itza / CEO BLPA 2016

2. BELIZE TRENDS
IN THE CONTEXT OF THE
RECENT
IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE PROJECT ENTITLED
“BELIZE NATIONAL
SANITARY CATTLE PLAN
PROJECT”
- KNOWING OUR STATUS
ON BR AND TB
- TRACEABILITY SYSTEM
by Carlos A. Itza / CEO BLPA 2016

3. TREND- CATTLE POPULATION
District Sweep 1 Sweep 2 Sweep 3
Corozal 3155 2490 2506
Orange Walk 48110 47709 48967
Belize 6767 4964 4409
Cayo 31247 30729 31178
Stann Creek 2581 2761 1684
Toledo 5881 5009 5248
Total 97741 93662 *97,353
by Carlos A. Itza / CEO BLPA 2016

4. CATTLE DISTRIBUTION
• Using GIS technology the data of cattle
population is being combined with
other features of the Belize Livestock
Registry, land, soil, vegetation and
infrastructure.
• The cattle industry is expansive due to
the economies of scales and being that
pasture is still considered the lowest
and cheapest way of farming.
• The Belize district is an area
considered prone to flooding in the
rainy season and very dry during the
hot season.
by Carlos A. Itza / CEO BLPA 2016

5. TREND IN EXPORT
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by Carlos A. Itza / CEO BLPA 2016

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Graph title: The National Recorded prices of live cattle in Belize from
2008-2014
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Note: The average price of cattle on the hoof was in the average of $1.2 dollars
in 2008 and now it is at $2.30 per pound in 2015, the estimation is that there
has been an increase of 91% over this period. The projected for 2016 has
demonstrated to be too conservative, since the price of live cattle continues to
increase at this time beyond the $3.00 of live cattle in some areas of the
country. by Carlos A. Itza / CEO BLPA 2016

7. Movement of Cattle from Central
America to the USA
by Carlos A. Itza / CEO BLPA 2016

8. by Carlos A. Itza / CEO BLPA 2016

9. BELIZE IS FREE OF
• FOOTH AND MOUTH DISEASE (0%)
• MAD COW DISEASE (0%)
• BRUCELLOSIS (national Prevalence of 0%)
• TUBERCULOSIS (national prevalence of 0.03%)
by Carlos A. Itza / CEO BLPA 2016

10. BLPA SERVICE
• BLPA
Membership
• CARD that
will permit
you to buy at
a discount
price
• Brand
Registry
• The Belize
Law only
recognizes
the Brand
as the only
mark for
ownership
• Cattle
Ownership
• The
combination of
Brand and
Eartags will
provide a new
certificate that
will recognize.
by Carlos A. Itza / CEO BLPA 2016

11. BLPA SERVICE
• Cattle
Veterinary
Service
• BLPA will train
more farmers
and provide
vet services
along
Mexican Vets
and Team
testing
• Advertisement
• BLPA has a
facebook and
a webpage
where
members and
cattle farmers
can advertise
anything of
relevance to
the cattle
industry
• Tagging and
Testing
• BLPA will
continue
providing
tags and
conducting
testing for
Br and TB
by Carlos A. Itza / CEO BLPA 2016

12. by Carlos A. Itza / CEO BLPA 2016

13. by Carlos A. Itza / CEO BLPA 2016

14. BELIZE NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO MORE
YEARS OF TESTING
• ALL FARMERS WILL CONTINUE TO PAY $10 TO
PROVIDE THE SUPPORT IN MAINTAINING THE
STATUS OF BR AND TB
by Carlos A. Itza / CEO BLPA 2016

15. GOVERNMENT OF BELIZE HAS
REQUESTED BLPA TO:
• CONDUCT FIELD TESTING OF FARMS FOR
BRUCELLOSIS AND TUBERCULOSIS
• BAHA WILL BE CONDUCTING THE LAB TESTING
ASPECTS OF TESTING
• THE BELIZE LIVESTOCK REGISTRY WILL BE MANAGED
BY BLPA.
• THE ESTIMATED COST OF TESTING AND BLR IS IN THE
RANGE OF $700,000.00 PER YEAR. BLPA WILL USE ALL
THE OTHER FUNDS COLLECTED TO START TO PROVIDE
VETERINARY SERVICES AND TECHNICAL SERVICES TO
FARMERS COUNTRY WIDEby Carlos A. Itza / CEO BLPA 2016

16. WHO WILL BE TESTED
ALL CATTLE IN THE BUFFER ZONE:
 BLUE CREEK COMMUNITY
 JALACTE - TOLEDO
 SAN VICENTE - TOLEDO
 DOLORES - TOLEDO
 ARENAL – CAYO
 CALLA CREEK - CAYO
 BULLET TREE - CAYO
 DOUGLAS – OW
 SAN VICTOR - COROZAL
 COROZALITO – OW
 SANTA ROSA - COROZAL
 SAN FELIPE - OW
 SAN ANTONIO - OW
 SARTENEJA- COROZAL
by Carlos A. Itza / CEO BLPA 2016

17. ALL DAIRY CATTLE
Sex = F
DISTRICT Frequency
BELIZE 89
CAYO 2436
COROZAL 270
ORANGE WALK 1081
STANN CREEK 71
TOLEDO 296
TOTAL 4243
by Carlos A. Itza / CEO BLPA 2016

18. All Breeding Herd
by Carlos A. Itza / CEO BLPA 2016

19. ALL FARMS UNDER QUARANTINE
Toledo Javier Cal San Vicente Day 11
Lisandro Casasola San Vicente
Melvin Ipina San Vicente
Michael Espat Forest Home 17 Day 12
Glen Supaul Dump
Paul Graham Dump 1
Jack Burns Dump 5
Marion Tulcey Dump 3
Earl Gomez Emeri Grove 16
Robert Jacob Elridge 30 Day 13
Reginal Parham Elridge
Orlando Williams Elridge 5
Dan Duncan New road 12
Calistro Bo Crique Sarco 15 Day 14
Andres Baki (Alejandro Baki) Crique Sarco 5
Santiago Sutz Crique Sarco
Nicholas Che Crique Sarco
Peter Shol Laguna
Dionicio Acosta Dump Day 15
Cayetano Ico Laguna
Marcos Pan San Lucas 17
Marcos Choco San Marcos
Andres Bo Crique Sarco 14
Inocente Cal San Jose Day 16
Justo Mas San Benito Poite 7 Day 17
Pedro Acte San Benito Poite 14
Cayetano Acte San Benito Poite 5
Luterio Quib San Benito Poite 7 Day 18
Victoriano Maquin San Benito Poite 19
Domingo Quib San Benito Poite 10
Manuel Quib San Benito Poite 20 Day 19
Jose Quib San Benito Poite 6by Carlos A. Itza / CEO BLPA 2016

20. ALL FARMS THAT HAVE TESTED ONLY
ON SWEEP #3 – NEW FARMS
by Carlos A. Itza / CEO BLPA 2016