Sky's chief correspondent, ramsaysky gains access into the murky world of beef production
He told us:"I would like to say the following, pay attention to this number, 23 million people, there are 23 million people here in the Amazon, this number alone to feed is already significant, that's not even including what goes abroad, so if we don't produce here, we won't be able to feed these people, so there are two sides to it..."
He said he had been travelling with the cows for seven days. In that time they had been given no food or water of any description. He explained that the cattle can lose more than 35 kilogrammes each in transit alone.Each truck had 105 steers on board. The metal of the truck was so hot you couldn't touch it.
The cattle, exhausted from days in a truck, were rested for a few hours before the next part of their journey - a river transporter barge.We watched as they were driven towards the metal loading ramp of the barge, slipping and sliding and trampling on one another. The ranchers and port workers started by kicking him in his face, trying to rile him to stand. This didn't work, he could barely move and was slipping continuously on the metal.