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Brazil’s cattle herd size at record high

13/10/2017

Newly published figures from Brazil’s official statistics agency IBGE put the country’s cattle herd in 2016 at just over 218 million head, a record number. The figure is 1.4% higher than the total for 2015. However, IBGE also offers a comparison with 1985, when Brazil’s herd size was around 125 million. This means Brazil’s cattle herd has...

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