Livestock is going through a complex present and a critical quarter is expected. The report of the Drought Monitoring Table highlighted in November that 22 million hectares were affected by the drought. This panorama harmed a third of the national bovine stock . However, the Rosgan report highlighted that the situation became more critical....
With modest growth projected for meat worldwide, Rabobank and Rabo AgriFinance shared their latest Global Animal Protein Outlook for 2023. In the analysis, the group stated that the industry would continue to face high costs in the supply chain along with much variability in consumption habits. However, global production should rise...
Although Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas stand out for manufacturing in the automotive and electronics sectors, Chihuahua is also characterized by the production and export of meat, grains, and food. Monterrey, NL. The states that had the greatest contribution to national exports were: Chihuahua , with 16.922 million dollars, which...
The local fed market continues to struggle. The wide basis has started to encourage additional U.S. buyer interest, but large carcass weights and longer lift times are making it difficult to stay current. Steer carcass weights are at near-record levels, at 972 lbs. in mid-November, which compares to 946...
Bovine cattle slaughter in Colombia continued to drop in October compared to previous years, both in domestic consumption and in exports. This is still better than that of 2019 and 2020 but has decreased by almost 30% compared to 2021. On the other hand, the slaughter of buffaloes is stable...
The Greenpeace organization called on Mexico not to give in to United States senators who, within the framework of the T-MEC , have asked to reconsider the ban on imports of transgenic corn from the presidential decree of December 31, 2020. According to the organization, the Secretary of the...
Technicians from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) together with authorities from the National Animal Health and Quality Service (Senacsa) began the audit for the inspection of Paraguayan meat, last Tuesday. The meeting was held virtually. The head of Senacsa, José Carlos Martin, in conversation with La Nación/Nación Media, specified that...
The Japanese parliament approved the modification of the safeguard mechanism of the FTA signed with the United States so that it imports more bovine meat without paying higher tariffs. This modification was announced in March of this year to avoid what happened in March 2021, when the Japanese country restricted...
Brazil’s integration into the global economy has grown in recent years, but exports are increasingly concentrated in commodities, and imports are dominated by industrial goods, according to the World Trade Organization (WTO) assessment of Brazilian trade policy. WTO periodically examines the country’s policies, focusing not only on trade flows....
The Kansas Department of Agriculture partnered with the U.S. Livestock Genetics Export, Inc. along with the Idaho, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Tennessee departments of agriculture to participate in a trade mission to Mexico on Oct. 25 to 28. Participants of the trade mission were Kansas cattlemen Dirck Hoagland...