New border controls on some of Britain’s food imports from the European Union came into force Wednesday for the first time since Brexit, increasing red tape for businesses and threatening to drive up prices for consumers. Meat, eggs, fish and dairy are among a raft of fresh produce that will now require “export health certificates” and...
U.S. pork exports posted another strong performance in October, led by record-large shipments to Mexico and broad-based growth elsewhere, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). October beef exports remained well below last year’s large totals but improved from September, led...
In 2023, Australia exported a total volume of 1.84 million shipped weight tonnes of red meat to over 100 countries worth a record A$17.08 bn for the 12 months ending November 2023. Meat & Livestock Australia’s (MLA) annual global market snapshots for 2024 provide insights into where the volume...
The UK and Canada are blaming each other after a dispute over beef and cheese led to the collapse of trade talks. Negotiations to thrash out a new agreement to replace the one the two countries had when the UK was still in the European Union had been running...
The Agriculture Department has announced that Saudi Arabia is set to resume importing South African beef products after the Saudi Food and Drug Administration lifted a 20-year ban on the country’s meat imports last year. The ban was initially imposed following an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in...
As farmers see opportunities after exports to China get green light, Colombia must confront problems of traceability, deforestation and illegal ranching. Last October, Colombian president Gustavo Petro travelled to Beijing and sealed 12 agreements with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, including a trade protocol paving the way for exports...
US beef exports to Mexico posted another impressive performance in November, increasing 3% from a year ago to 17,843 mt and climbing 14% in value to $103.6 million, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). Through the first 11 months of 2023, exports...
Since 2017, the European Union’s cattle herd has been contracting. This continued in 2023 and will continue in 2024, according to a recent US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report. Record high carcass and milk prices have not reversed the contraction. Dairy and beef cattle farmers face...
Brazil said on Wednesday it received an approval this week from Pakistan to export live cattle to the South Asian country, as well as the embryos and semen of cows, reported Reuters. Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry said in a statement that it also received the green light to export young tilapia...
Canada’s Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Lawrence MacAulay, expressed concern that the United States’ Proposition 12 and voluntary country of origin labeling (VCOOL) regulations for animal agriculture could have the potential to restrict trade and disrupt supply chains. Earlier this week, MacAulay embarked on his first ministerial outreach trip...