The UK and Canada are blaming each other after a dispute over beef and cheese led to the collapse of trade talks. Negotiations to thrash out a new agreement to replace the one the two countries had when the UK was still in the European Union had been running...
The Agriculture Department has announced that Saudi Arabia is set to resume importing South African beef products after the Saudi Food and Drug Administration lifted a 20-year ban on the country’s meat imports last year. The ban was initially imposed following an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in...
As farmers see opportunities after exports to China get green light, Colombia must confront problems of traceability, deforestation and illegal ranching. Last October, Colombian president Gustavo Petro travelled to Beijing and sealed 12 agreements with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, including a trade protocol paving the way for exports...
US beef exports to Mexico posted another impressive performance in November, increasing 3% from a year ago to 17,843 mt and climbing 14% in value to $103.6 million, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). Through the first 11 months of 2023, exports...
Since 2017, the European Union’s cattle herd has been contracting. This continued in 2023 and will continue in 2024, according to a recent US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report. Record high carcass and milk prices have not reversed the contraction. Dairy and beef cattle farmers face...
Brazil said on Wednesday it received an approval this week from Pakistan to export live cattle to the South Asian country, as well as the embryos and semen of cows, reported Reuters. Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry said in a statement that it also received the green light to export young tilapia...
Canada’s Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Lawrence MacAulay, expressed concern that the United States’ Proposition 12 and voluntary country of origin labeling (VCOOL) regulations for animal agriculture could have the potential to restrict trade and disrupt supply chains. Earlier this week, MacAulay embarked on his first ministerial outreach trip...
Key points: Last week the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its forecasts for global beef production in its quarterly Livestock Products and Trade publication. These releases offer a useful insight into both the current state of play in beef production and the factors affecting the future outlook...
Hong Kong’s foodservice sector is gradually recovering from the toll COVID-19 shutdowns and limitations took, reported Dan Halstrom, president and chief executive officer of the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF), after his recent market visit to the country. During the pandemic, Hong Kong limited restaurant hours and traffic as...
Kyrgyzstan has increased import of chicken meat from China 3.1 times in 2023, according to the General Administration of Customs of China. Kyrgyzstan imported 10,900 tons of chicken meat from China in 2023. In dollar equivalent, import of chicken meat grew 2.5 times to $19.4 million. The Chinese chicken...