Current outlook and future perspectives of beef production in Brazil


Autoria(s): Millen, Danilo Domingues; Pacheco, Rodrigo Dias Lauritano; Meyer, Paula M.; Rodrigues, Paulo Henrique Mazza; Arrigoni, Mário de Beni
Contribuinte(s)

Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)

Data(s)

01/04/2016

01/04/2016

2011

Resumo

Brazil is the world's largest beef exporter with the world's largest commercial cattle herd; however, the production cycle needs to be more efficient to supply internal and external demands in the future. Feedlot operations are currently a reality for the Brazilian beef cattle industry; nonetheless the beef cattle industry in Brazil is still based on grass-fed animals in which the Nellore breed predominates. At some point this constitutes an important advantage for Brazilian beef exportations because some countries look for “natural beef.” Brazilian packing plants regulate the use of antibiotics, especially ionophores used as growth promoters, on farms certified to export beef to European countries. In addition, the use of any implant or beta-agonist for cattle is forbidden in Brazil. From 1970 to 2006, the Brazilian bovine herd increased at 2.04%/year, total pasture at 0.07%/year, area with cultivated pasture at 3.5%/year, and ratio of animals/hectare of total pasture at 1.97%/year, whereas the area with natural pasture decreased at 2.26%/year. These trends alleviate some of the pressure on Brazilian authorities with respect to deforestation of the Amazon forest. Although Brazil had the greatest growth rate of enteric methane emissions, it also had the greatest growth rate of beef production, resulting in Brazil having a negative growth rate (–1.82%/year) of methane emissions per unit of product (kilogram of methane/kilogram of beef).

Formato

46-52

Identificador

http://dx.doi.org/10.2527/af.2011-0017

Animal Frontiers: the review magazine of animal agriculture, v. 1, n. 2, p. 46-52, 2011.

2160-6056

http://hdl.handle.net/11449/137055

10.2527/af.2011-0017

2307939425313065

8030042068164468

1068643513710663

Idioma(s)

eng

Relação

Animal Frontiers: the review magazine of animal agriculture

Direitos

closedAccess

Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article