China and Spain mark a significant milestone in diplomacy and trade, lifting the 24-year-old embargo on Spanish beef and expanding collaboration into emerging sectors. The exchange of pandas symbolizes deep cultural bonds, as the two nations look forward to a future of jointly addressing global challenges. In a move...
U.S. pork exports could outpace both chicken and beef shipments in the coming decade. U.S. pork exports could outpace both chicken and beef shipments in the coming decade. In the USDA’s long term projection data, all volumes of U.S. meat exports are expected to grow through 2033. By the year...
New Zealand’s red meat sector exported products worth $10.2 billion in 2023, a drop in value of 11% compared with the previous year. Meat Industry Association chief executive Sirma Karapeeva said association analysis showed while export volumes increased, the value fell from the record figures for both sheepmeat and...
THERE’S been a surge in imported manufacturing beef prices into the United States in what some market participants are interpreting as early signs of supply stress, due to the effects of the US beef herd sinking to 40-year lows due to drought. In Aussie currency terms, imported 90CL frozen...
Beef export numbers remained strong in 2023 for the U.S., even as they were down from the record levels of 2022. The increase in beef exports over the past 47 years has helped build additional funds to the value of fed beef in the U.S. “Beef exports have been...
SAO PAULO: During his official visit to Cairo on Thursday, Brazilian President Lula da Silva witnessed the signing of two key agreements with the Egyptian government. President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi also attended the signing ceremony. The first agreement is a protocol that simplifies the export process for Brazilian beef,...
Opening-up instead of protectionism to deal with China-EU trade friction: experts China has announced that it will lift a ban on imports of Spanish beef, a new beginning for EU beef exports after an embargo that lasted nearly one-quarter century. The move was announced by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang...
For its detractors, it is an abomination—“Franken-meat”. For its advocates, meat grown from animal cells (known as lab-grown, cultured or cultivated) promises to help save the planet. It could slash the water consumption and greenhouse-gas emissions of the livestock industry (around 12% of the global total). Even if lab-grown meat merely...
There will be chaos in the U.S. meat marketplace without congressional action on California’s Prop 12 law that tightened animal welfare requirements for pork products sold in the state, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said during a congressional hearing on Wednesday. Proposition 12, which requires pig confinements to be large...
The week ending February 8th was a big week for pork export sales. The USDA says pork sales were up sharply on the week, with strong demand from two key trading partners – Mexico and China. Physical shipments of pork were also strong. Corn, soybean, and rice export sales were...