Cattle slaughter down in Brazil in Q1

26/06/2015
Cattle slaughter fell substantially in Brazil in the first quarter of 2015. With 7.7 million head of cattle going to the country’s abattoirs in the first three months of the year, the figures represent a fall of 7.7% compared to the same quarter in 2014.

In comparison with the last quarter of 2014, when more than 8.5 million head of cattle went to slaughter, the fall in the first quarter of this year was even steeper at 9.3%.