The JBS meatpacking plant in Barra do Garças, in Mato Grosso state, bought cattle from a rancher who had part of his farm embargoed by Ibama for illegal deforestation, according to a study by the organizations Repórter Brasil and Papel Social. According to the study, the purchase allegedly took place the month after the environmental agency fined the Rancho Blanco farm, located in the municipality of Querência, also in Mato Grosso.