date:May 14, 2012
s, Brazilian beef production has increased from just 1.3 million tonnes (mt) to over 9mt. It is now the second largest producer (behind the US at some 11.4mt) in the world. The last 20 yearsin particular have seen the greatest rise in production. Whilst this has been growing rapidly for most of this time, 2011 proved to be a more challenging year, with intensive cow culling after problems with foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), and a decreased supply of fini