Meat markets, trade and supply chains in an international context. Analysis of supply, demand, exports, purchasing and developments in major producing countries.
September figures published by Defra show year-on-year declines across the United Kingdom’s three main livestock categories. Prime-cattle slaughter fell 6.5% to 160,000 head, while beef and veal output reached 73,000 tonnes, down …
Colombia has lifted pseudorabies virus, or PRV, restrictions on pork and pork products from the United States. According to APHIS, all pork products listed as eligible in the FSIS export library may now be shipped to Colombia, …
Spain’s beef interprofessional organisation, PROVACUNO, received the 2026 Alimentos de España award for food internationalisation on 14 October. The award from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food recognises the …
On 13 October, USDA-APHIS reported the release of Infested Zone 16 and the modification of Infested Zone 17, including parts of area 6.A, for New World screwworm in Texas. The actions were taken with the Texas Animal Health …
Cooperation between industry organisations can gain commercial relevance when it helps translate technical requirements into processes understood on both sides. On 14 October, Meat & Livestock Australia reported that Australian …
African swine fever preparedness cannot be limited to a list of animal-health measures. Britain’s AHDB has commissioned London Economics to update the economic-impact assessment for a potential ASF outbreak in Great Britain. The …
Thailand is becoming a more important market for Australian red meat because demand is no longer limited to occasional frozen-product transactions. Meat & Livestock Australia reports that the frozen segment has grown and doubled …
Meat & Livestock Australia’s latest weekly report shows how weather and public holidays can temporarily reshape market signals. In the week ending 9 October, scattered rainfall lifted confidence and restocker demand in cattle and …
The congress of the European Livestock and Meat Trading Union, UECBV, begins today in Vienna and runs until 16 October. The organisation represents more than 20,000 European livestock- and meat-trading businesses, slaughterhouses, …
Australian beef production again demonstrates that meat volume cannot be inferred directly from herd size. According to AHDB’s analysis, Australia is expected to reduce its cattle herd by 0.9% to 30.8 million head in 2026 while …
Construction of the Ontario Poultry Research Centre in Elora turns an infrastructure investment into a commitment to research closer to production. The Government of Ontario announced more than CAD 24 million for the centre on 7 …
Hong Kong’s suspension for defined areas in the United States and the United Kingdom shows how an avian outbreak can rapidly become a trade issue of geographic precision. On 5 October, Hong Kong’s Centre for Food Safety ordered …
The U.S. fourth quarter is not opening with one uniform animal-protein market, but with three clearly different supply situations. An analysis published by CoBank on 7 October describes beef constrained by cattle availability, …
The update to the U.S. livestock and meat international-trade dataset may initially look like a formatting matter. But for procurement, market analysis and cross-border comparison, its message is methodological: meat flows are …
US export figures for August show why the value of an international meat chain cannot be read from a single destination market. According to USMEF, US beef exports reached 86,362 tonnes, up 4% year on year, while value rose 13% to …