Imports and Exports
Foreign demand for U.S. beef was down 13.2% in 2015 and has been down in two of the first three months of 2016.
Chinese-Led Group to Buy Australia’s Most Iconic Cattle Rancher
Mexico is watching out for the banned steroid clenbuterol — on the dinner plates of its athletes.
Beef is now so expensive in Argentina, which once was the third-largest exporter, that slaughtering plants are about to start importing cattle from neighboring countries for the first time in almost two decades.
The Canadian cattle herd has increased 0.3% in the past year to nearly 12 million head.
U.S. beef imports were down 35.2% in December at 186.2 million pounds.
The trade agreement might be one of the biggest opportunities to turn-around a sliding cattle market.
Beef producers from the four largest beef producing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) member countries continue to advocate that any TPP agreement must deliver on the 2011 TPP Ministers’ position of eliminating tariffs and other barriers to trade.
It was announced last month that McDonald’s is going to invest in sustainable beef. While a clear definition has not been entirely outlined attendees of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Cattlemen’s College got a little better idea of what to expect.
Shares of JBS SA, the world’s largest meat producer, plunged to a 15-month low after Brazil’s public prosecutor accused executives including Chairman Joesley Batista of financial crimes involving a series of loans made to related companies.
Beef exports gain momentum in most Asian markets, but decline continues in Japan.
Smuggler packaged meat as fish, nets $300 penalty.
A Chinese billionaire purchased two cattle stations beside the Northern Territory-Queensland border in Australia for $34.62 million.
Australia’s live cattle shipments to Indonesia are set to plunge this quarter after the biggest buyer cut its import quota by 80 percent to rely more on domestic supply.
Beef imports are up, while exports have fallen.
Beef from Ireland is making it’s way across the Atlantic to the U.S. for the first time in nearly 20 years.
Food writers from Japan are getting a taste of how beef is raised and eaten in the U.S. as part of a tour that included a 112-year-old Wyoming ranch.
U.S. beef hasn’t been traded to the European Union for more than two decades and the quality of beef isn’t quite up to snuff.
Though down slightly from February 2015, the value of U.S. beef exports in March -- at $527.3 million in -- was up 2 percent year-on-year.
U.S. beef exports were down 6.6% in March. It was the sixth consecutive month with exports lower than last year.
Beef is far cheaper than most meat in India, often just half the price of chicken, making it a key food for people struggling with poverty.
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that an agreement has been reached with the two countries that will allow greater access of U.S. beef and pork products to the region.
One of the world’s largest ranches and 155,000 cattle are up for sale.
A Dutch court has sentenced a meat processor to 30 months imprisonment for a massive fraud operation in which he illicitly sold horse meat as more expensive beef.
Important ag customer Japan and the United States are trying to come to terms on a trade agreement before Shinzo Abe arrives in Washington. If successful, U.S. producers could see lower tariffs on their goods.
As a centuries-old dispute over beef intensifies in India, cattle transporter Shafiullah Mohammad Sharif Shah is caught in the middle.
Residents of India’s financial capital could be forgiven for wondering how they suddenly face five years in prison for eating beef.
A new study shows that Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) has not adversely affected trade with Canada and Mexico.
Beef production is looking to increase from original projections, while exports are dropping off a bit.