BRAZIL. 2019. Cattle represents one of the biggest industries in Mato Grosso with 35% of the national production.
The farm of Dirceu Menin, the son of an Italian migrant only has 600 acres and was founded 13 years ago after his father came from Parà, where he had a logging farm.
Darcio says his farm, Sitio Sandra, was pure jungle when they bought it for a very cheap price. They had to burn out everything to get the pasture needed for all his cows. At the time they had to preserve 50% of the jungle, now the % has gone down to 20.