JBS Transportadora, a JBS Novos Negócios business unit, has renewed its truck fleet with the purchase of 150 vehicles. All trucks had their height adapted for transporting cattle, as established by a legislation approved in December 2019. This new fleet reinforces the Company’s animal welfare commitment, generating more comfort to animals during the trip between the farm and the manufacturing plants.
Armando Volpe, director of TRP Seminovos, explains that the vehicles that were replaced will be sold as semi-new trucks. “It is part of our strategy to consistently renew our fleet, reducing maintenance costs and ensuring excellence and quality to the services supplied by JBS Transportadora. We sell the semi-new vehicles with maintenance documentation to reflect their excellent conditions,” he said.
Animal welfare: reinforcing practices
Between November and December 2019, approximately 40 Team Members and service providers who work directly with handling livestock attended training on the latest concepts in animal welfare. The initiative, which included feedlots in Castilho and Guaiçara (both in the state of São Paulo), and in Nova Canaã do Norte and Lucas do Rio Verde (both in the state of Mato Grosso), was conducted by the Sourcing and Quality departments of Friboi.
The attendees received certificates and the latest manual on good handling practices at the corral, written by the ETCO Group, from Unesp in Jaboticabal. “Handling cattle is a practice that requires certain qualities, such as care and patience. This was a great opportunity for us to reinforce, in practice, to our Team Members the message that it is essential to handle correctly to increase productivity, and reduce stress in the corral,” commented Carlos Silva, Animal Welfare specialist at Friboi.
In addition to the training, the Corporate Animal Welfare team at Friboi visited the feedlots to observe the handling, discuss operational and structural opportunities, and confirm the areas for monitoring cameras that will be strategically installed in the corrals, to remotely follow and assess the handling. JBS uniforms with the new visual identity concerning the Animal Welfare theme were also delivered to the Team Members.
A new cycle of training and standardization of procedures and monitoring is also expected for this year.