Poultry meat quality starts with an intestinally robust feed formula
A study published on 1 October examines how diet can simultaneously affect broiler performance and technological attributes of the meat. Five diets were compared in 300 birds: a maize-based diet, two diets in which rice bran replaced 10% or 20% of the maize, and both of those formulations supplemented with 250 mg/kg of xylo-oligosaccharides (XOS). XOS are oligosaccharides used as prebiotics; they are not a general substitute for a balanced formulation.
Outdoor pork needs an environmental specification of its own
Outdoor pig production cannot be managed through the housing-system choice alone. AHDB, the UK’s Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, has formalised the Outdoor Pig Environmental Risk Reduction Programme to address environmental risks associated with outdoor pig enterprises in eastern England. Its first meeting took place in September and included major pork businesses, the National Pig Association and AHDB.
Carcase weight prevents a shortage signal from becoming a meat-volume forecast
British data from early October show that tight finished-animal availability and heavier carcases can operate at the same time. In the reported week, the average Great Britain all-prime deadweight cattle price rose by 8 pence to 628 pence per kilogram. Estimated prime-cattle throughput reached 29,500 head: marginally above the previous week, but 3,000 animals below the year-earlier level.
China’s beef safeguard turns Brazil’s shipment calendar into a value factor
For Brazilian beef, China’s safeguard makes export volume a matter of timing, quota and plant eligibility. The public development bank BNDES reports that Brazilian meat exports grew by 27.8% in the first half of 2026. According to its analysis, part of that increase reflected earlier shipments of beef to China before the quota became constraining.
Meat-export capability is built through auditable product pathways
Meat-export capability is not secured by a plant approval alone. On 1 October, Brazil’s National School of Agricultural Management opened enrolment for its fifteenth training cohort on supplementary requirements for exporting meat products to the United States. The 30-hour self-paced online course has no cap on places and targets official veterinarians, inspection technicians and public agents involved in inspections and audits of eligible establishments.
