Exports of U.S. beef and pork play a crucial role in the economics of corn and soybean production, according to a new report. The independent study, conducted by Dave Juday of The Juday Group and released by the U.S. Meat Export Federation, found pork and beef exports add 14.6%...
Foreign sales of Argentina’s famed steaks and other cuts of beef soared last month to reach their highest level in more than five decades, according to official data published on Tuesday, in a rare bright spot for the South American country’s ailing economy, reported Reuters. The data showed that beef...
Ambassadors from European Union countries reached a revised deal on Wednesday to extend tariff-free food imports from Ukraine – with restrictions – after some states complained the original agreement risked destabilising the bloc’s agricultural markets, reported Reuters. The agreement now goes to the European Parliament, where diplomats expect a push...
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as well as state veterinary and public health officials, are investigating an illness among primarily older dairy cows in Texas, Kansas, and New Mexico that is causing decreased lactation, low...
Drought in western Canada is stretching into its fourth year, and it could put wheat, beef and crude production at risk. For February, every province in the nation was suffering from some level of drought. Alberta producers were facing anywhere from abnormal dryness to exceptional drought. Precipitation was actually above normal for the prairie region, except for northwestern...
Why would a farm convert to become California Proposition 12 compliant? It’s a fair question that Phillip Hord, president of Hord Family Farms in Bucyrus, Ohio, continues to ask himself. They recently finished the construction of a new farm that will be Proposition 12 compliant and are in the...
The Minnesota Board of Animal Health (MBAH) today announcedthat highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been detected in a baby goat that lived on a farm where an outbreak had recently been detected in poultry. Today’s announcement marks the first US detection in livestock. Health officials, including the US Department...
WASHINGTON — Congress recently passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2024, which includes a provision of $15 million for electronic identification (eID) tags that will potentially be required by ranchers under the Animal Disease Traceability rules. The act passed in the House with a 339–85 vote, and in the Senate...
Canada and the U.S. have been waging battle over country-of-origin labelling for meat since 2008 New meat labelling rules in the U.S. could hurt Alberta and Canadian meat exports to its southern neighbour — and will likely raise prices for U.S. consumers, experts say.
Agricultural exports a heading down from a post-pandemic peak as experts deal with international complications that can stunt export growth or, sometimes, stop exports altogether. According to USDA, the value of U.S. agricultural exports peaked in fiscal year 2022 but declined in 2023. In 2023, the total export value...