This Week In Meat

Amid an epidemic of African Swine Fever in China, it has been reported that the country’s output fell by less than expected in the first half of 2019, although official data showed conflicting figures on the size of the decline in the hog herd; Red meat exports from Australia experienced their second-best year on record...

African Swine Fever continues to sweep through China, and is hitting small farmers and rural communities hard. Irish MPs have rejected the proposed EU-Mercosur trade deal, calling it “a bad deal for Ireland and the planet”. The Canadian beef sector is to see an investment of $8.3M to help with competitiveness and sustainability. In a...

Mercosur and the European Union reached a comprehensive trade. The deal aims to remove the majority of tariffs on EU exports to Mercosur, aneconomic and political bloc comprising of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Canada has stopped issuing export certificates to China for all pork and beef products after China questioned the validity of its export certificates....

Major breakthrough in creating a vaccine to fight against African Swine Fever. Scientists at the UK’s Pirbright Institute have identified ASF proteins that can trigger an immune response in pigs; In the battle of the Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation the US Department of Justice is jumping in; Bacon, hot dogs, breakfast sausage, ham, and luncheon meat...

If – and when – African Swine Fever begins infecting US hogs, the real problem might be convincing consumers that pork meat is still safe to eat, according to virologist Dan Rock; China rejects claims its development a vaccine for African Swine Fever; Poor growing conditions in the US Midwest are causing feed prices to...

African swine fever continues to decimate Asia’s pork industry; The US/Mexico trade war, which hinged on Mexico stopping a massive flow of Central Americans who hoped to enter the USA, may – or may not – have been averted last week; President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing federal agencies to streamline the...

African Swine Fever is putting fears in European hog farmers after an ASF outbreak was reported in an 8,000-head swine herd in Poland; The rain and floods that have plagued the US Midwest since March continue to wreak havoc on America’s agriculture industry, with flooding that may exceed the record 1993 floods; The North American...

Donald Trump provides farmers with $16 Billion in aid amid ongoing China trade war; Meat industry affected by US’ wettest weather on record; A ‘best by’ labelling standard may come to the US as the FDA urges processing companies and stores to follow its new guidance; Vietnam has culled a further 500,000 pigs over the...

African Swine Fever outbreak continues to ravage the Chinese pork industry; US Meat Export Federation optimistic , thanks to recent trade developments; US chicken giant Perdue Farms has completed a $25 million expansion of its plant in South Carolina; R-CALF USA – the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund – has filed documents in the federal district...

African Swine Flu threatens the US; UK debates import of US chlorinated chicken post Brexit; The Trans-Pacific pays off for Canada; Walmart is taking control of its supply chain for no-hormone Black Angus beef sold in some of its US stores; Plant burger maker Beyond Meat has set a record for the best first day...