Eid al-Fitr drives beef demand in Indonesia amid slow beef import progress and rising prices | Indonesia government is unlikely to realise it’s 200,000 head dairy cattle import goal | Philippines is set to approve commercial access to Vietnam’s African Swine Fever vaccine.
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It’s a topic many in the northern cattle industry say they are sick and tired of talking about but one that they will never give up on pursuing…Read More
James Nason, 31/03/2025
Import quotas remain uncertain as demand surges | Pakistan emerges as a new buffalo meat supplier in Indonesia, adding competition to Australia’s cattle exports | Vietnam Government restructures.
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In its annual agricultural commodity update released at this week’s Outlook conference in Canberra, ABARES has predicted cattle exports to increase by 23 percent year-on-year in 2024-25 to 817,000 head…Read More
Beef Central, 05/03/2025
The first shipment of Australian cattle to Mexico in nine years is currently enroute to the port of Mazatlán, drawing attention to potential export opportunities to the US where the national herd is at a 70-year-low. ..Read More
James Nason, 03/03/2025
Argentine President Javier Milei has lifted a 52-year ban on exporting live cattle for slaughter, which follows a surge in the South American nation’s beef exports…Read More
James Nason, 28/02/2025
Daylight hours-only biosecurity inspections at northern Australian ports have cost live cattle exporters up to A$26,000 per shipment in extra costs and lost revenue, Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie told Senate Estimates yesterday…Read More
As Indonesia prepares for the start of the month-long Ramadan festival this Friday, unrest is emerging over beef import arrangements and the adequacy of existing stocks. ..Read More
James Nason, 24/02/2025
THE number of livestock ships accredited to carry cattle and sheep from Australia has declined by almost 40 percent in five years, figures from the Government maritime regulator show…Read More
James Nason, 17/02/2025
A lot of attention has focused on whether Australia’s labour-constrained meat processing sector can handle the increased numbers of cattle expected to come forward in 2025, but another less-talked-about capacity issue is also raising its head as the year unfolds…Read More
James Nason, 12/02/2025
Indonesia shifts beef imports to state control, cutting private sector allocations, citing FMD and food security concerns | FMD cases surge across Indonesian provinces | Flooding in North Queensland has delayed Townsville cattle exports…Read More
Dr Michael Patching, 10/02/2025
Participants in the latest course for livestock export shipboard stockpersons include a feedlot worker from Vietnam, a veterinarian from New Zealand, people already working as ‘stockies’ and experienced Australian cattle station and feedlot staff…Read More
Beef Central, 06/02/2025