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Brazil registers record cattle slaughter for 2012

02/04/2013

Brazil’s official statistics agency, IBGE has confirmed that the country slaughtered 31.1 million head of cattle in 2012, a figure that represents an 8% increase compared to 2011. This is a record number for Brazil. The previous highest cattle slaughter was in 2007, when abattoirs across the South American country slaughtered 30.7 million head....

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