Most Common Type Of Livestock Farming In Brazil

Map created by Brasil em MapasThe map above shows what type of livestock farming is most common in each Brazilian region.

Here is the data (Herd per head in millions):

🐔 Chicken: 1.5 billion
🐄 Cattle: 238 million
🐖 Pig: 43 million
🐑 Sheep: 21.7 million
🐐 Goat: 12.8 million
🐂 Bull: 1.67 million

Total livestock: 1.91 billion heads

*Referring to livestock production by type and quantity of livestock in millions of head, by Brazilian microregion, according to the Municipal Livestock Survey – PPM/IBGE.

Note: Buffaloes correspond to bulls, pigs to swines, cattle to steers and cows, sheep to ewes and rams, poultry to chickens and other birds. Horses and quails are not included in the graph.

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