Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has confirmed that China has agreed to resume imports of Irish beef. China has accepted Irish science that the BSE case found was atypical. China had suspended imports last November following the discovery of atypical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, also known as Mad Cow Disease, in a dead cow...
The US beef industry is amid one of its largest two-year declines in beef production that will have significant ramifications for everyone from consumers to cattle producers. Consumers will face higher retail prices than they did in 2023. Beef processors will struggle to make money unless they get a...
Higgins and Varadkar raise Irish concerns about human rights in China during visit by Chinese premier Li Qiang. Irish beef exports to China can resume immediately after the Chinese government confirmed it would reopen its market during the visit to Dublin of premier Li Qiang. The announcement was made...
Meat Industry Ireland (MII), the Ibec sector organisation representing primary beef processing companies, has welcomed the resumption of beef exports to China. The announcement was made yesterday (Wednesday, January 17), following high level discussions between the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar and the Chinese premier Li Qiang in Dublin. Beef shipments to China...
The Japanese government is making changes and transferring powers to different organizations to shift toward a more flexible approach to the novel food sector, including cultivated meat, announces the Japan Association for Cellular Agriculture (JACA). As explained by the organization, the responsibilities for novel foods are carried by two separate bodies: the...
Two bills introduced into the Arizona Legislature may signal that the 2024 sessions of those “Laboratories of Democracy” will be something of an “alt-meat” grinder. Arizona State Rep. David Marshall, R-Snowflake, and four co-sponsors have introduced House Bill 2121, prohibiting cell-cultured animal products. HB2121 prohibits anyone in Arizona from...
Palestine’s Embassy in Montevideo criticized the Uruguayan government of President Luis Lacalle Pou for a recent beef export agreement with Israel and suggested there was some sort of political alliance with Tel Aviv. In this scenario, the Uruguayan Foreign Ministry summoned Palestinian Ambassador Nadya Rasheed to explain her statements...
The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) forecasts an increase in cattle slaughter in 2024 to 7.5 million head, a 380,000 head increase over the upward revised 2023 estimate of 7.1 million head. As part of the herd rebuild, young cattle numbers have built up to an extent that, in conjunction...
The latest report from the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer indicates that US farmers’ inflation expectations have subsided while overall producer sentiment changed little. The December barometer recorded a reading of 114, just one point lower than in November. Both subindices of the barometer, the Index of Current Conditions and...
USA, Denver. US pork exports set a new benchmark in November, surpassing the highs of mid-2021. Amid a complex global landscape, the data released by USDA and the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF) points to a robust and broad-based momentum in the pork industry. According to a USMEF press...