The Brazilian beef cattle supply chain has undergone technological modernisation in its
production systems, resulting in better productivity, meat quality and competitiveness. The …

Beef cattle production in the Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, faces serious challenges due
to low profitability and competition for alternative land uses. Despite this, many farmers have …

Traditional livestock productivity is hard to estimate, since it depends on a gamut of animal
production indicators that are difficult to measure for many farms. Thus, we propose an …

In southern Brazil, beef cattle production systems generally rely on grazing on natural
pastures. However, their forage production, and consequently metabolizable energy (ME) …

This study assessed the risks of different management practices to increase pregnancy rate
in beef cow-calf systems, aiming at assisting decision-making. The perception of 18 experts …

La caracterización productiva de sistemas ganaderos es clave para diseñar planes de
mejora en sistemas de producción de carne de una región. El objetivo de este trabajo fue …

Context Soybean cultivation is advancing over areas traditionally used for livestock
production in southern Brazil, which has led producers to decide whether to diversify their …

This study was performed to evaluate the efficiency index of cow-calf systems, based on
different feed technologies commonly employed in the Rio Grande do Sul state, southern …

The objective of this study was to verify the association of improved native grassland and
winter and summer pastures on the weaning rate in beef cattle production. Subsequently …

The objective of this study was to identify types of production system and their main
indicators on bioeconomic efficiency, using qualitative and quantitative methods to evaluate …