JBS purchased around 500 head of cattle from a farm that deforested 2,000 hectares between 2018 and 2021, according to an investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ), The Guardian, Repórter Brasil, and Forbidden Stories. According to the report, the cattle came from a property in Pontes e Lacerda, Mato Grosso, and were supplied to a JBS meatpacking plant that processed the animals and exported beef to the UK and other countries.