Brazil has leaped to become the world's largest beef producer, surpassing the United States for the first time.

According to a December 16 report from the São Paulo Daily in Brazil, four years ago, U.S. beef production was still 31% higher than Brazil's, but this year, the beef market has undergone a series of unpredictable changes. At the beginning of the year, the market generally predicted that Brazilian beef production would decline, but this was not the case. Data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (with little difference from Brazilian domestic statistics) shows that this year, Brazilian beef production is expected to rise to 12.35 million tons, an increase of 4% from 2024. Despite widespread discussions this year about the proportion of cow slaughter in the beef supply structure, Brazil still achieved a historical high in carcass production (the weight of bone-in meat after slaughter and removal of internal organs, head, hooves, and tail) at the end of the year. In September, the average carcass weight of slaughtered bulls reached 303 kilograms, pushing Brazilian monthly beef ...