Brazil’s emergence as the world’s largest beef producer and exporter is reshaping global trade flows and intensifying competition in several of Australia’s key export markets, according to a recent report…Read More
Beef Central, 09/10/2026
Australia’s beef exports continue to be buffeted by a combination of trade distortions caused by quotas and tariffs, with September export activity data released this morning reflecting the challenging trading conditions. ..Read More
Jon Condon, 07/10/2026
The Aussie dollar has dipped sharply since the closing stages of September, dropping below US70c for most of the past week…Read More
Beef Central, 06/10/2026
New rules and regulations will apply from the middle of next month for Australia’s boxed beef trade into Indonesia…Read More
Beef Central, 05/10/2026
A prospect has emerged that Australia may be able to get beef into China tariff-free over the next three months, by utilising unused quota allocated by China to Uruguay at the start of the year. With only three months of the year remaining, Uruguay has a large volume of unused China quota left this year, and other large exporters like Australia and Brazil are lining up to do deals that would see that tonnage re-allocated, or transferred, to escape the severe 55pc tariff that currently applies to trade…Read More
Jon Condon, 02/10/2026
Victorian-based supply chain Harmony Agriculture & Food Co has topped the annual Melbourne Royal Show Food Awards branded beef division this week with a sample of the company’s Black Opal F1 Wagyu x Angus product. The Black Opal entry topped 21 medal-winning beef entries in this year’s competitions. In other divisions, a Wagyu braseola product claimed champion smallgoods product of show. ..Read More
Queensland’s Stockyard Beef has been recognised at the 2026 Sydney Royal Fine Food Awards, with its premium Wagyu brand, Stockyard Black, earning the grand champion beef title for the fourth consecutive year…Read More
Beef Central, 17/09/2026
Recent imported beef tariff impacts in China and the United States are clearly evident in Australia’s August beef export statistics…Read More
Jon Condon, 04/09/2026
Australian retail red and white meat prices have taken two very different directions between 2025 and 2026, with beef and lamb recording strong increases at both the livestock and retail levels, while pork and chicken prices have barely moved, a recent report has found…Read More
Beef Central, 02/09/2026
The triggering of a range of trade restrictions – primarily from China – is beginning to reshape beef flows around the world, rural lender Rabobank says in its latest quarterly Global beef Report…Read More
Beef Central, 31/08/2026
US President Donald Trump has left the red meat industry with more questions than answers following his latest imported beef tariff relief announcement on Saturday morning, Australian time…Read More
Jon Condon, 24/08/2026
Prices for Australian export lean beef trimmings and cow beef used for burgers, tacos and other popular ground beef items have continued to deteriorate, as global beef trading conditions adjust to recent tariff headwinds…Read More
Jon Condon, 28/07/2026