Canadian Beef Performs

Information for Meat Professionals from Canada Beef and the Canadian Beef Centre of Excellence (CBCE)

Trade Headlines
September 2021

CANADA
Fed cattle prices see slight increase, beef demand strong
Producers hope AgriRecovery stems sell-off
Creativity needed to address veterinarian shortage
Agriculture debate focuses on common themes
Eastern hay arrives in the West

US
U.S. beef cattle: Numbers down, prices up
NCBA releases counter response to article published in The Guardian
Antitrust Lawsuit Against Packers To Move Forward
US greenlights $700 million in grants for COVID-19-affected farm and food workers
Biden Announces Methane Reduction Effort, NCBA Confident In U.S. Cattle Record
Biden Administration blames meat processors for soaring US meat prices; Tyson rejects notion
US beef exports post record value for July 2021

JAPAN
Japan food self-sufficiency rate hits record low

KOREA
Korea to expand FTAs with more emerging countries in S.E. Asia, Latin America

CHINA/HONG KONG
China applies to join Asian trade deal US abandoned
China’s ban on Brazilian beef over mad cow joined by Indonesia, Egypt, Saudis
Brazil halting beef exports to China will not affect China’s beef market significantly: analysts
Imported frozen food may play role in emergency of COVID-19: research
Xinhua Headlines: What China’s economic governance tells global investors

EUROPE/UK
Meat and food supplies face disruption as UK faces CO2 shortage

RUSSIA
Russia Restricts Brazil Beef Imports After Mad Cow Cases

AUSTRALIA/NZ
Brazil ban expected to have limited impact on Australian beef
Australian agricultural industry to reach $100 billion value by 2030
Australia’s grainfed beef not just for export markets
Australian shoppers see the health benefits of red meat, says new research

S. AMERICA
Saudi Arabia bans beef imports from Brazilian meatpackers

Statistics

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