How does a confinement of 40,000 cattle per year work?

At the JBS feedlot in Guaiçara (SP), the routine is intense and relentless: cattle eat every day, rain or shine, holiday or weekend. Watch the video below and understand how this incredible high-tech cattle fattening journey works. This is how manager Diogo Tomazella and supervisor Monise Silva Santos run one of Brazil's largest feedlots, with capacity to fatten up to 40,000 cattle per year in three different cycles. Precise management and consistency are the keys to success in a model that operates 365 days a year. With a team of 52 people, 40 directly involved in production, the unit is a national reference. The work involves not only feeding and health, but also meticulous nutritional adaptation. After all, many cattle arrive from pasture, having never seen a feed trough in their lives. One of the great challenges is adapting animals to the new diet. The process takes about 20 days, with a gradual increase in nutritional concentration. Everything is done carefully to prevent ...