Imports and Exports
More than 60 U.S. agricultural organizations focusing on expanding exports – including the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) – were awarded funds by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).
Country of origin labeling (COOL) has been vilified for quite some time; an end might be in sight.
A North Dakota company that has sent thousands of the state’s winter-hardy cows to Kazakhstan since 2010 has yet to ink a deal this year with the oil-rich country.
A rebuilding cattle herd and foreign demand have taken the beef industry to prices not seen since 1987.
The U.S. and Japan still face “considerable” differences in reaching an agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership regional trade pact two weeks before President Barack Obama pays a state visit.
Rabobank has published a new report on the global beef industry, forecasting continued strong market fundamentals and continued strong global demand led by the Chinese market.
Japan and Australia reached broad agreement on bilateral trade after seven years of wrangling, in a pact that will lower or eliminate tariffs.
In response to the announcement of a Bilateral Trade Agreement reached between Australia and Japan, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) President Bob McCan, a Victoria, Texas cattleman issued the following statement.
The intensity of the global competition for red meat market share was brought home vividly for a dozen U.S. leaders of state and national agriculture organizations who recently completed a visit to the Middle East and Europe sponsored by USMEF.
U.S. beef exports opened the new year on a positive note, but market conditions suggest that 2014 could be a challenging year, according to statistics released by the USDA and compiled by USMEF, a contractor to the Beef Checkoff Program.
Exports of U.S. beef closed 2013 by eclipsing the $6 billion mark for the first time, setting a new annual value record.
Recently, five such social media journalists traveled to the United States as guests of checkoff contractor U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF)-Korea to get a firsthand look at the American beef industry, from ranches to research and development facilities.
The latest livestock trade data indicates that the Mexican cattle industry is undergoing rapid and dynamic change, which will affect cattle and beef flows between the U.S. and Mexico.
Russia wants to rebuild its beef industry and state officials from Kansas, Montana and South Dakota visited the country in the hopes of selling genetics.
The beef export market remains on an upward trend while pork exports are down slightly.
South Korea halted beef imports from a U.S. unit of JBS SA after finding traces of the feed additive zilpaterol in a consignment of the meat.
Merck voluntarily pulls beta-agonist from U.S. market after Tyson refuses to purchase Zilmax-fed cattle.
The revised USDA regulations are intended to reduce consumer confusion and allow cattle producers the ability to differentiate their product from foreign beef.
Changes in Mexican domestic beef consumption and beef trade have significant implications for the U.S. cattle industry in the coming years.
The World Organization for Animal Health is recommending that the U.S. risk classification for BSE be upgraded to negligible risk.
CattleFax see long-term growth in exports, but record prices could slow some trading partners beef purchases.
Japan will ease restrictions on U.S. beef imports next month, boosting supplies to restaurants.
Among the most important cattle exporting countries, prices in local currencies have risen only in the US and New Zealand.
Pork exports were up in volume and value, while beef export values for April were the strongest so far this year.
Rabobank’s global research report shows downside price risk short-term with recovery expected by midyear.
Cattle group disappointed in U.S. Trade Representative decision to appeal the World Trade Organization ruling on COOL.
The proposal should assist in beef trade negotiations by bringing BSE import standards in line with international rules.
As cattle supplies remain tight and global demand intensifies, profitability for cattle ranchers will continue in the year ahead.
Free trade agreements with South Korea, Panama and Colombia are expected to increase U.S. ag exports by nearly $2.5 billion.
A study finds the U.S. and India are the only two major beef exporters that do not already have mandatory traceability systems.