Mission
Produce Paraguayan beef with demonstrable efficiency
Turn grass into kilos at the lowest possible cost, caring for the soil, the water and the health of the herd. Every management decision is made with weighing data, not impressions.
About us
Cattle ranching that can be audited.
Campo & Hacienda is born of a simple conviction: in a country where the herd is shrinking, the one who measures wins. We produce beef in Paraguay with individual records, a firm health plan and pastures managed with real rest.
01Purpose
Mission and vision
Vision
To be the benchmark for auditable cattle ranching in Paraguay
So that an investor, a meat-packing plant or an overseas buyer can request an animal's history and receive it in full: origin, animal health, weighings and destination.
A herd that can be audited animal by animal is a herd that can be financed.
02Principles
Five commitments that are non-negotiable
These are not brochure values. They are the rules by which decisions are made in the corral when no one is watching.
IRecord
No animal without identification
The animal that enters the ranch enters the system. Without an ear tag and without a registration entry, it isn't bought.
IIHealth
The health calendar rules
Vaccination and deworming according to the official calendar, with intake quarantine for every new lot. Animal health is not postponed for the sake of cash flow.
IIIPasture
The pasture rests
Stocking rate adjusted by paddock and rest periods respected. Overstocking pays for one year and costs you five.
IVWelfare
Calm handling
Droving without shouting or blows, facilities that don't injure, and shade and water available. Stress is paid for in kilos lost.
VAccounts
The numbers are shown in full
Mortality, kilos lost and cycles that turned out worse than expected are also reported. A report that brings only good news is not a report.
03Where
The zones we know
A rancher rules out from the start anyone who doesn't know their zone, and rightly so: the dry Chaco isn't managed like the east of the Región Oriental (Eastern Region). Not in stocking rate, not in pasture, not in water. These are the four we work in, with what each one yields.
Región Occidental
Bajo Chaco
Low-lying soils with a risk of flooding and natural grassland of low carrying capacity. Sown pasture, generally Pangola, multiplies production three- or fourfold. Water and paddock layout define the result.
- Natural grassland
- 30 kg/ha/year
- With pasture
- 100–120 kg/ha/year
Región Occidental
Central Chaco
Natural grassland yields little, but it is where sown pasture shows the most: with well-managed Gatton panic, production multiplies more than tenfold. A breeding zone par excellence, with water as the real limit.
- Natural grassland
- 15 kg/ha/year
- With pasture
- 180–200 kg/ha/year
Región Occidental
Alto Chaco
Drier and more extreme, with bush encroachment as a permanent threat to the pasture. It demands conservative stocking-rate management and sustained bush control so as not to lose usable land year after year.
- Natural grassland
- 30 kg/ha/year
- With pasture
- 180–200 kg/ha/year
Región Oriental
Región Oriental (Eastern Region)
A better rainfall regime and smaller ranches, with Brachiaria and Brizantha as the forage base. A natural zone for fattening and finishing, close to the export meat-packing plants.
- Natural grassland
- 20–35 kg/ha/year
- With pasture
- 120–180 kg/ha/year
The ranges are reference figures from the Asociación Rural del Paraguay. If your ranch is in a zone where we have no direct experience, we tell you so and don't take the job: we would rather lose a contract than learn at your expense. Calculate what your ranch could yield.
04Sustainability
Produce today without wearing out tomorrow's ranch
The 9% drop in the national herd between 2020 and 2025 is not reversed with more hectares: it is reversed with better management per hectare. That is where we put the effort.
Soil
Rotation with measured rest
Grazing strips with short occupation times and long rest periods, so the pasture regrows with reserves and the soil is not degraded.
Water and shade
Watering points and standing bush
Distribution of drinking troughs to shorten walking distances and conservation of shade bush within the paddocks. Less walking, more weight gain.
Traceability
Aligned with the export standard
Individual records compatible with the traceability requirements demanded by the markets that today pay best for Paraguayan beef.
Get to know us up close
We'll take you to the ranch.
We arrange visits for investors and producers who want to see the operation before deciding.