Harevesting soybeans in Mato Grosso, Brazil
UPDATED: Jun 18
Mato Grosso, Brazil

​Capital:
Cuiabá

Population:
 520,000 

State Pop:
3.354,000

Area:
906,806.9 km²     ​(350,027 mi²)

Economy:

Agribusiness, Leads Brazil in cattle production - 27 million head
 
The major producer of soybeans in Brazil.  
 
Ranked 9th in the world in cotton production

Represents 15% of Brazilian Agribusiness Exports (Jan 18)
 
Produces 51% of Brazil's and 3.9% of World's cotton
 
Home to large, vast cattle ranches. A tropical Texas, with room to grow. 
 
30 years ago most of the State was in Mato Grosso (thick forest) or Cerrado (savannah brush).  There were no highways, just dirt roads that were hundreds of kilometers long cutting through the dense tropical forest.
 
Mato Grosso has 230,000 planted hectares of eucalyptus and 65,000 of teak. (2014 Imea) 

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