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HGP restriction on beef to China may be about to end

There is growing anticipation in beef export circles this week that China may be about to change its policies over use of hormonal growth promotants in beef, paving the way for HGP-treated beef exports from Australia to resume…Read More


COVID-19: Extended blank sailings shrink container supply

Australia’s agricultural exporters are having a tough time sourcing 20-foot containers as China gets back to work after the COVID-19 lockdown…Read More


Weekly kill: Numbers continue to slide as rain impact extends

An acute shortage of slaughter cattle again this week is weighing heavily on processing operations, with last week’s eastern states beef kill reported by NLRS at just 116,920 head – some 23pc below this time last year…Read More


Feedlot numbers dropping fast, as skyrocketing feeder prices weigh heavily

Feedlots across eastern Australia are dropping numbers rapidly, as skyrocketing feeder cattle prices driven by short supply and an abundance of new paddock feed fail to align with softening grainfed meat markets across the world. Many commercial yards in QLD and NSW are now 15-25pc below occupancy levels seen in January..Read More


SE Asia Report: Virus effects grow more surprising by the day

In today’s South East Asian beef market report: Unrelated viruses disrupting world protein markets; China price breaks through AUD$7; Philippines smashes the $6 level; Monthly exports to Vietnam surpass Indonesia for the first time – and dogs flying first class…Read More


Two risks remain amid rapid rise in cattle prices: NAB report

While the pace of the EYCI’s 58pc jump in less than two months is unprecedented in the modern Australian cattle market, NAB’s latest Beef in Focus report suggests the cattle market faces two substantial risks…Read More


Australian cattle prices sharply out of sync with price trends overseas

A dramatic contrast has emerged in cattle price trends between Australia and the rest of the beef exporting world, where the impact of coronavirus and the slowdown in demand from China has pushed many livestock prices sharply lower.  ..Read More


Kay’s Cuts: The cruelty of coronavirus

Global economic slowdown caused by coronavirus promises to heighten the disease’s impact far beyond the effects of the immediate outbreak in China, US beef market commentator Steve Kay suggests…..Read More


ABARES outlook 2020: Sustained period of high cattle prices ahead

A prolonged herd recovery from a 30 year low in Australian cattle numbers will underpin a sustained period of historically high cattle prices, Government forecaster ABARES predicts in its annual commodity outlook reports released today. ..Read More


China volumes start to recede, in smaller February beef exports

Australian beef exports to China and other key markets slowed in February, as the first signs of fundamental supply and demand adjustments since the major rain event across eastern states start to be seen. Exports to all markets reached 92,968t last month, down 2.3pc on last year, and is likely to prove to be just the ‘tip of the iceberg’ as the industry changes gear…Read More


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