The Australia beef industry is finally showing signs of entering a much-anticipated herd rebuilding phase. This has firmed FAS/Canberra’s 2021 forecasts of lower cattle slaughter, cattle exports, beef production, and beef exports. With a reduced breeding herd and more females expected to be retained for breeding in 2021, overall cattle slaughter is expected to fall [...]
Argentine beef exports in 2021 are forecast at 770,000 tons carcass weight equivalent, 50,000 tons lower than in 2020 on lower slaughter inventory due to negative margins, with overall exports heavily dependent on China's demand and market recovery from covid impacts. Cow-calf operators are benefitting from high calf prices. Domestic beef consumption is at a [...]
Bovine semen exports from the United States to Brazil reached a record in 2020, and expectations are that 2021 could be another record year. Brazil is the second largest market for U.S. bovine genetics. Demand for artificial insemination (AI) and high-quality genetics in Brazil is growing by double digits each year, with the cattle sector [...]
Post forecasts that the cattle herd will grow at three percent in 2021, and beef production is also forecast to increase three percent, reaching 10.4 million tons Carcass Weight Equivalent (CWE). Post forecasts beef consumption for 2021 at 7.725 million tons (CWE), which is a one percent increase from 2020. Post forecasts a two percent [...]
Post forecasts chicken production at 14.15 million tons in 2021, growing at a two percent rate due to strong external demand and increased domestic consumption. Consumption for 2021 is forecast at 10.25 million tons Ready to Cook (RTC), growing one percent. Post forecasts that poultry prices will remain elevated in 2021, with strong global meat [...]
Howdy market watchers! What a week in the deep freeze it’s been! Midweek, I was thinking that 15 degrees Fahrenheit never felt so good. Finally, the forecasted highs over the coming 10 days are all above freezing. Now, get ready for muddy conditions. In addition to freezing temperatures right at the peak time of spring calving season that resulted [...]
by Peter Karaverdian The Cattle complex is being supported at the moment with a daily swing low that held at 111.55 on January 14th. Still looks strong from here. Not much fundamental out there supporting Live Cattle except the colder blizzards up north in the plains that affects the stock. So, it appears the weather [...]
On December 15th, the Brazilian Senate approved the previous draft law n.º 2963, from 2019, that regulates the acquisition of rural property by foreigners. Furthermore, this draft law must be analyzed by the Deputy Chambers of Brazil. Even if the Deputy Chamber approves, the Brazilian President will still have the power to interpose, as he [...]
Brady Sidwell Happy New Year market watchers! What a way to end a decade and welcome in a new. The beautiful snow seemed fitting to cleanse us all from a problematic 2020 for a fresh start ahead. Whatever your resolutions for the New Year, there is little doubt we all now recognize that the impossible can happen. We [...]
From the next year, the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) will bring outcomes to expand our perspectives on the current environmental challenges involving the conservation of marine biodiversity and the sustainability of human societies. It seems a very welcome opportunity to dimension the outreach of paradigm shift in human-whale interactions and [...]