Amazon Deforestation and Ag-4

Brazil Beef Industry Intensifies

Cattle on the edge of the forest in Sinop, Mato Grosso. Policing and more intense farming are key to reducing the beef industry's impact on the Amazon rainforest. (DTN photo by Alastair Stewart)
Cattle on the edge of the forest in Sinop, Mato Grosso. Policing and more intense farming are key to reducing the beef industry's impact on the Amazon rainforest. (DTN photo by Alastair Stewart)
Brazil's beef industry has reduced its impact on the Amazon rainforest, but its footprint remains. Policing plus intensive farming are the way to reduce the impact.

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