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Ah, it looks like you're largely right. Brazil export 83 million tons of soy in 2020[1] and produced 137 million tons in the 2020-2021 "marketing year"[2]. Can
by Jeff_Brown 5y ago
Ah, it looks like you're largely right. Brazil export 83 million tons of soy in 2020[1] and produced 137 million tons in the 2020-2021 "marketing year"[2]. Can I assume most of what it didn't export went to feed Brazillian livestock?
[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/721215/soybeans-export-volume-brazil/#:~:text=In%202020%2C%20exports%20of%20soybean,billion%20U.S.%20dollars%20that%20year https://www.statista.com/statistics/721215/soybeans-export-v....
[2] https://ipad.fas.usda.gov/cropexplorer/pecad_stories.aspx?regionid=br&ftype=prodbriefs#:~:text=Brazil's%202019%2F20%20soybean%20production,8%20percent)%20from%20last%20year.&text=Soybean%20area%20continues%20to%20increase,the%20world's%20leading%20soybean%20producer https://ipad.fas.usda.gov/cropexplorer/pecad_stories.aspx?re....
- meiraleal 5y ago> Can I assume most of what it didn't export went to feed Brazillian livestock? Not really, what is used to feed cattle is the byproduct of soy processing, the rest after taking the oil for cooking and biodiesel.
- jgilias 5y agoThis 2004 World Bank report on the issue outlines cattle ranching as the main driver of deforestation: https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/758171468768828889/pdf/277150PAPER0wbwp0no1022.pdf https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/7581714687688288...