today plate 248 · power shift · 2025 data

Brazil overtook the US as the world's top beef producer

  • 12.6 Mt Beef and veal Brazil produced in 2025, up 26% from 10.0 Mt in 2020.
  • 11.8 Mt US output in 2025, down 4% from 12.4 Mt in 2020: behind Brazil for the first time since at least 2010.
  • 4.4 Mt Brazil's beef exports in 2025, nearly four times the US's 1.2 Mt. USDA forecasts Brazil still ahead in output in 2026 and 2027.
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