The bill would reverse Biden Administration’s recent decision to lift long-standing ban on Paraguayan beef imports despite animal health concerns As part of his continued effort to support Montana ranchers and ensure the safety of American consumers, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today introduced bipartisan legislation with Senator Mike Rounds...
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...
Tight margins for producers in 2024 are expected to lead to a contraction in global pork and beef production, despite some falling input costs and reduced inflation. Higher production costs and tighter supplies will push animal protein prices up and constrain global consumption in 2024, according to multinational co-operative...
In January-September 2023, 2.04 million tons of meat were produced in Uzbekistan, Azernews reports, citing Kun.uz News Agency. According to the Statistics Agency, over the nine months, the total volume of products (services) of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries amounted to 292.7 trillion soums. This is more by 104.1% compared to the...
U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) introduced bipartisan legislation to suspend beef imports from Paraguay. The senators’ bill would also require the establishment of a working group to evaluate the threat to food safety and animal health posed by Paraguayan beef. This comes after the Biden administration...
In bipartisan and bicameral agreement, members of Congress do not want any beef imports from Paraguay. Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Mike Rounds, R-S.D., introduced a bill Monday that would immediately halt the import of beef from Paraguay and create a new working group to examine both the risk...
The value of red meat exports continues to drop. The value of beef and sheep meat exports in October dropped 14 percent compared to the same month last year, to $615 million, according to new figures from the Meat Industry Association (MIA). Exports to China, New Zealand’s largest customer...
Exports of red meat and dairy to China will continue to grow in the next decade, however, the amount will eventually taper off as the country looks to produce more of its own food. That is according to the 2023-2032 China Agricultural Outlook Report recently released by China’s Ministry...
California’s Proposition 12 is crucial for UK farmers who want to comply with the state’s new animal welfare standards NSF, the only Red Tractor Certification Body for pork, can now certify British pork for the lucrative Californian market. NSF has become one of the first UK certification bodies to...
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers are asking Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to intervene and stop the potential importation of Paraguay beef citing concerns about the potential for highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease. U.S. Rep. Tracey Mann, R-KS, and Jim Costa, D-CA, chairman and ranking member of the House...