Economy of Plato

We showed that the technological parameters of the local cattle ranching are below average standards for activity in the department, as its capacity, for example, is lower than that of the latter; this allows to infer a disadvantage in competitiveness against other territories Magdalena. The rest of the livestock consists equine, goat-sheep, pig and poultry species; stands poultry production has recently reached a very important development in the municipality.



In recent years, the cattle industry has experienced strong negative impact on its dynamics, due to factors like intense periods of drought, high production costs, reduction of the internal market due to the economic crisis facing the national economy, factors negative in addition to the loss of foreign meat market that has meant so much damage to the cattle industry in the Caribbean Coast.



Technicians assigned to the agricultural technical assistance, monitoring techniques have been developed and have been able to deduce that has advanced very rapidly in the livestock herd management premium both in milk and meat