How we care
for the pigs we raise.
Farmers and ranchers
making a difference.
“We only want to use antibiotics on animals when they’re sick. We have direct oversight over all antibiotics used on the farm, and we are constantly monitoring the animals’ progress.”
– Kayla Blake, DVM
Live Pork Veterinarian
Resiliency is the ability to anticipate, absorb, and recover from disruptions while maintaining food production, distribution and access.
Reliable access to affordable commodities such as livestock and feed.
Predictable and affordable operations costs when it comes to components like energy.
Maintaining access to natural resources such as water and biomass.
A climate-resilient food landscape incorporates sustainable farming practices to address key environmental stressors with the goal to protect and enhance natural resource quality. This helps maintain ecosystem health and food system productivity in the face of climate change.
We will focus on the following key areas to enhance climate resilience in our business and value chains.
We recognize the need for a holistic approach to climate resiliency that includes ensuring reliable access to affordable and nutritious food.
Building resilience involves integrating practices that enhance the stability and health of ecosystems, promote sustainable resource management, and secure food supplies.
Climate strategies should be designed and deployed to instigate transformative changes in animal production practices while also fostering long-term ecological and financial benefits for farmers and their land. Solutions must balance overall efficiency with the high animal welfare and product quality standards.
Grasslands support biodiversity, sequester carbon, and regulate water. By partnering with supply chain stakeholders, conservation organizations, and the livestock community, JBS aims to protect these ecosystems, ensuring their ecological and economic viability.
Soil health and water management play foundational roles in sustainable livestock and feed production. Healthy soils promote the growth of nutritious feed crops, which directly impact animal health and productivity. In addition, effective water management maintains clean and sufficient water supplies for livestock and crop irrigation, reducing environmental impact and improving regulatory compliance.
Mitigating land use change in JBS supply chain is our greatest opportunity for reducing indirect GHG emissions. More broadly, forest stability also has an important influence on rainfall patterns, plant and animal biodiversity, water and soil quality, flood prevention, and economic vitality for smallholder farmers. To address the core drivers of deforestation risks in our Brazilian cattle supply, JBS has developed a multi-layered approach.
Closed-loop systems for reusing and recycling waste materials and energy can play an important role in the long-term viability of agricultural food production. Applying strategic, circular economy concepts across our operations is an integral component of our business model, and we have created new businesses specifically dedicated to this strategy. This integration supports economic growth by reducing operational costs and environmental footprints, ultimately fostering a more sustainable and resilient economy.
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