Beef
China imposes curbs on beef imports to protect domestic industry
[BEIJING] China will impose an added 55 per cent tariff on beef imports that exceed quota levels from key suppliers including Brazil, Australia and the US in a move to protect its domestic cattle indu...
US Justice Department probes meatpackers for price manipulation, collusion
[WASHINGTON] The US is investigating meatpacking companies, the attorney general said on Friday, after President Donald Trump accused the companies of using price manipulation and collusion to drive u...
Australia lifts trade barriers on US beef
[SYDNEY] Australia said on Thursday it would lift trade barriers on beef from the United States, removing a major point of friction between Canberra and the Trump administration.
China renews export registrations for US pork, poultry plants in relief to farmers
[BEIJING] Beijing has renewed registrations that allow hundreds of US pork and poultry facilities to export to China, industry groups said on Monday, after lapses threatened shipments to the world’s l...
Record beef imports raising risk of China imposing trade curbs
Around two-thirds of Chinese cattle farmers are making losses
Pork producers face downgrades as climate risks rise, Fitch says
PORK and beef producers in developed markets are becoming more vulnerable to credit downgrades triggered by climate-related risks, according to Fitch Ratings.
China’s beef demand poised for smallest growth in a decade, USDA says
Economic headwinds will also curb China’s intake of pork, the country’s favourite meat
China halts shipments from JBS beef plant in US over feed additive
CHINA has blocked beef exports from a major JBS beef plant in the United States after a controversial feed additive was found in meat shipments to the world’s largest buyer.
Malaysia blocks live cattle imports from Australia after skin disease scare
MALAYSIA has temporarily suspended live cattle and buffalo imports from Australia, the Australian government said, days after Indonesia paused some imports after lumpy skin disease (LSD) was detected ...
Cargill’s big beef bet falters as food inflation hits demand
WHEN David MacLennan put plans in motion to step down as Cargill’s chief executive officer, his transformation of the global grains trader into a protein powerhouse was looking particularly shrewd.
