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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
France’s 2026 drought is forcing the beef chain to distinguish between two issues that are often conflated: pressure on farms and the immediate availability of animals for slaughter. INTERBEV reports that high temperatures and low …
A new review of low-protein diets for livestock and poultry shifts attention from crude-protein percentage to the timing of energy and amino-acid supply. This matters for the meat chain: a formulation does not become suitable …
Electronic noses promise rapid assessment of freshness, spoilage and authenticity in food, including meat. A review published on 2 October brings together applications of sensor systems across food categories and makes both their …
Cultivated-meat production from muscle stem cells is advancing, but its principal challenge is not simply multiplying cells. An open-access review published on 3 October frames the issue as process engineering: which cells are …
Training in meat science gains value when it verifies competence rather than merely recording attendance or relying on a single final examination. An article published on 5 October examines standards-based grading in an advanced …
A study published in the 2 October issue of the *International Journal of Food Microbiology* shows why microbiological control of raw meat should not stop at isolated sample results. The Beijing team examined 1,052 poultry, pork, …
The first detection of highly pathogenic H5N5 avian influenza in Great Britain’s 2026/27 season matters beyond the affected holding. On 2 October, the virus was confirmed in commercial backyard poultry in Ness, on the Scottish …
The bluetongue situation in Great Britain is becoming a logistics signal for the ruminant supply chain. The official update of 3 October records 67 new BTV cases in England confirmed on 2 October; a further 24 new BTV-3 cases were …
Brazilian quotations on 2 October show that the price of cattle eligible for the Chinese market is not a single national benchmark. Scot Consultoria reported gross 30-day values between BRL 345 and BRL 372 per arroba, depending on …
The 2 October update to UK livestock statistics requires future beef availability to be read before it appears in slaughter data. The release concerns the June 2025 census and estimates 9.3 million cattle and calves in the United …
Artificial-intelligence systems for assessing meat freshness should not be judged by a single laboratory accuracy figure. A review published in *Food Bioscience* argues that industrial value depends on linking sensor signals to …