With 234 Million Cattle, Brazil Has Almost 10% More Cattle than People, Says IBGE
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Technology uses snout biometrics to identify cattle If the animals in Brazilian livestock farming were divided equally among all the country's residents, it would amount to more than one cow and almost eight chickens for each Brazilian. The data comes from the 2025 Municipal Livestock Survey (PPM) by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), released this Wednesday, the 30th. 🗒️Do you have any story suggestions? Send them to g…
The Brazilian cattle herd closed 2025 with 234.3 million head, a decrease of 1.7% compared to 2024. It is the second consecutive annual fall, according to the Municipal Livestock Survey, released on Wednesday (30) by the IBGE. The institute ranks the number as the lowest since 2022, when the country had 234.9 million animals.
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Brazil had a herd of 234.3 million cattle on December 31, 2025, points out the new edition of the PPM (Research of Municipal Livestock), released on Wednesday (30) by the IBGE (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística). The effective fell 1.7% before the same date of 2024. Read more (09/30/2026)
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