Brazil's Plan to Promote High-Value Cattle Through Exceptional Cow

In Brazil, there is a very special cow named Donna. She weighs 1,100 kilograms, which is twice as heavy as most cows of her breed. People think she is almost perfect. Brazil and the U.S. are leaders in cattle genetics. They do a lot of in-vitro fertilizations. This helps create cows like Donna. Brazil has many cows, over 230 million. This makes it the country with the most beef cattle. But this also causes problems. 86% of the country's greenhouse emissions come from food production, especially beef and soy. Despite this, ranching is important for Brazil's economy. In 2022 and 2023, Brazil exported over 2 million tons of beef each year. Donna is a special cow because she is a clone. Cloning cows is not easy. Sometimes the pregnancies fail, or the clone is born with problems. But Donna is strong and healthy. People believe she is the best cow in the world. They want to share her genetics with other cows worldwide to create even better animals in the future.