Geography of the cattle herd in the U.S. (USDA, 2014) and Brazil (IBGE, 2014). In U.S.: Texas (TX), Oklahoma (OK), Kansas (KS), Kentucky (KY), and Virginia (VA). In Brazil: Acre (AC), Rondônia (RO), Amazonas (AM), Roraima (RR), Amapá (AP), Pará (PA), Maranhão (MA), Mato Grosso (MT), and Tocantins (TO). While the US herd totals 89 million heads by 2013, Brazil’s has surpassed 215 million. (See Table 1 for additional comparison). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.224.f1