Brazil’s National Statistics Institute (IBGE) has released figures showing the country’s cattle herd increased in 2011. At the end of last year, Brazil had a total herd size of 212.8 million head, an increase of 1.6% compared to the figure at the end of 2010. Mato Grosso, with 13.8% of the national total, was the state with the biggest herd,...

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