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August cattle slaughter lowest in six months in Mato Grosso

24/09/2015
New figures suggest the decline in cattle slaughter in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso is intensifying. In August 2015, abattoirs in the important meat-producing state registered slaughter numbers of 276,000 head, the lowest monthly figure in the last six months and 29% down on the previous month, July 2015.

Meat industry commentators have suggested farmers are holding cattle back from slaughter owing to a fall in the prices they have been able to command in recent months.


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