Meat markets, trade and supply chains in an international context. Analysis of supply, demand, exports, purchasing and developments in major producing countries.
Chile’s new official beef bulletin points to a diverging market development: in the first half of 2026, both cattle slaughter and beef production fell compared with the same period of 2025. At the same time, exports and imports …
The partial reopening of the Douglas, Arizona, port for Mexican cattle imports puts animal health back at the centre of North American meat-chain management. Livestock trade resumed there on August 24; all other southern-border …
The global meat market continues to grow, but the next decade will not follow the logic of the last one. The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2026–2035 expects global meat consumption to reach around 412 million tonnes by 2035, …
On 29 June 2026, the Council of the European Union approved a reform that reaches far beyond a dispute about words on the chilled shelf. Its main purpose is to strengthen the bargaining position of agricultural producers in the …