Brazil is pressing ahead with plans to track its cattle herds as the world’s largest beef producer contends with international pressure to prevent deforestation caused by commodity production ...
Brazil's environmental agency has levied $64 million in fines against 23 meatpacking companies and their suppliers for buying and selling cattle raised illegally on deforested land in the Amazon.
While the new cattle traceability system would not be ready before the EU legislation comes into force in 2025, Fávaro is confident the bloc will renegotiate some of the terms and that Brazil ...