{"id":7181,"date":"2023-12-05T21:16:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T21:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aaep.org.ar\/?p=7181"},"modified":"2023-12-05T21:16:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T21:16:08","slug":"economic-value-of-brangus-cattle-traits-in-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aaep.org.ar\/?p=7181","title":{"rendered":"Economic Value of Brangus Cattle Traits in Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wonderplugin-pdf-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/aaep.org.ar\/wp-content\/plugins\/wonderplugin-pdf-embed\/pdfjslight\/web\/viewer.html?v=2&file=https:\/\/aaep.org.ar\/works\/works2023\/12.pdf\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600px\" style=\"border:0;\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting in the early 2000s, a boom in demand for agricultural commodities displaced cattle ranching out of the most productive areas of the Pampas\u2019 prairie. 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