Cattle and lamb meat slaughters were down while goat and sheep meat increased in 2017, The Australian red meat and livestock industry State of the Industry Report 2018 has revealed.
Beef, lamb and mutton prices are set to remain firm at historically high levels, Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has predicted in its New Season Outlook 2018-19 report.
Australian red meat, offal and livestock exports reached AU$13.78bn, up 13% year-on-year in the year ended June 2018, the latest statistics from Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) has revealed.
Hilton Food Group has revealed that it has taken over operational control of two meat plants in Australia following a restructuring of a joint venture with Woolworths.
Australian beef and lamb producers are to receive a sales and marketing boost in Japan as non-profit organisations (NPO) use the anticipation of the country’s staging of the Rugby World Cup in 2019 to help their meat products gain a stronger foothold...
Japan’s export of agriculture, forestry and fishery products has reached 435.9 billion yen (about US$3.9 billion) for the first six months of the year, a 15.2% increase as compared to the same period last year.
New Zealand beef producers retaining younger cattle are among the factors helping the steady rise in cow herds, according to Beef and Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ).
A top Indonesian agricultural official claims that the country will meet its goals for beef self-sufficiency ahead of a 2025 deadline — even though it has continually failed to do so since the Seventies.
Hybu Cig Cymru - Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) is targeting the Asian foodservice sector to export more of its Welsh lamb and beef as it makes preparations for Brexit.
The US meat industry has welcomed US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) efforts to secure approval for 20 additional facilities that are now eligible to export beef to China.
India is building its biggest frozen semen station, housing 300 bulls of indigenous breeds of buffalo and cattle, with construction costs estimated at Indian Rupees (INR) 640 million (US$9.7m) in Purnea, Bihar.
Wagyu beef produced from olive-fed cattle on a remote island in Japan’s Seto Inland Sea is experiencing exponential demand at home and abroad, thanks to its healthy fats and ‘umami’ (savoury) flavour.
Beef and Lamb New Zealand (B+L NZ) has launched an environment strategy designed to enhance the environmental performance of its sheep and beef sector.
Canada is aiming to boost its position in the global meat market by initiating discussions with China in order to strengthen trading relationships and to pursue other opportunities across the agricultural sector.
Beef and Lamb New Zealand (B+L NZ) has backed its beef and sheep sector to continue reducing carbon emissions to help support Australian regulatory body’s Productivity Commission environmental target.
Strict security measures are set to be introduced by the Russian authorities for the FIFA World Cup, which are likely to bring instability to the domestic meat market.
A hotel and farm in Tokyo have teamed up to raise wagyu cattle on superfoods in response to rising demand for low-fat, locally-sourced wagyu amid a shortage of wagyu producers.
A town in northern China has declared itself the ‘Angus Capital of China’ and teamed up with some big corporate names to build an Angus breeding programme from scratch to a 100,000-strong herd within five years.
The remaining livestock available for processing in New Zealand for the rest of the season will be less than in any of the previous five seasons, according to a forecast by Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s Economic Service (B+LNZ).
High prices for plain cattle at a major livestock mart in northern China have underlined how the shortage of quality and slaughter fit cattle remains acute for local processors.
Japanese wagyu beef exports to Taiwan are set to soar as meat producers tap into demand following the lifting of a 16-year ban on the product, while riding on the tailwind of a Japanese government promotional campaign.
Leading local beef player in Inner Mongolia, the Kerchin Cattle Industry Co, has been targeting this week’s Chinese New Year rush market with two lines of ‘Family Beef’ featuring Australian strip loin steak in easy-to-use packaging.
A beef firm on China’s wealthy east coast has taken delivery of 1,606 cattle shipped live from Australia and plans a total 100,000 head of imports this year.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s bilateral meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping has secured a major breakthrough for the meat industry: China will drop its British beef export ban within six months.
Drought in New Zealand has precipitated on-farm water shortages, limiting lamb processor Alliance Group’s ability to discharge wastewater to the Makarewa River.
A trading company in Beijing has been given the green light to commence imports of live Australian cattle for slaughter, with the first shipment due at the end of January, in time for the consumption rush at Chinese New Year.
India has been identifying and registering all livestock breeds in the country, a process that could benefit the local meat industry with increased production and higher-quality meat, GlobalMeatNews has been told.
An accidental fire that tore through Thomas Foods International’s Murray Bridge slaughterhouse, South Australia, caused “significant damage” and forced the firm to axe 417 temporary workers.
