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Cattle in crisis in north-east Mato Grosso

22/03/2011

The Association of livestock farmers in Mato Grosso (Acrimat), has raised alarm about the state of herds in the north-east of the Brazilian state. Farmers’ leaders in the Vila Rica district have said that around 70% of the livestock population is going hungry because pastures have failed because of drought at the end of 2010 and because of...

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