There’s been a moderate improvement in imported manufacturing beef prices into the US over the past fortnight, however a near-record large discount still applies between imported and domestic US product…Read More
Higher levels of beef export activity are helping insulate the domestic Australian wholesale beef market from winter price falls, contacts in the wholesale trade have told Beef Central this morning…Read More
Jon Condon, 19/06/2024
Growing international demand for Australian beef as US production slows, combined with higher rates of beef production in Australia have pushed May export volume to levels not seen since the 2019 period when drought herd liquidation was in full swing…Read More
Beef Central, 05/06/2024
Patches that change colour as raw meat freshness deteriorates in sealed refrigerated products could soon become a reality on supermarket shelves, making it easier for shoppers to know if it’s still good to eat and reducing food waste…Read More
Beef Central, 29/05/2024
JBS Australia’s Andrews meats division celebrated its biggest win in beef taste test competitions last week, earning the Brisbane Show branded beef competition’s grand championship with a Wagyu entry representing the company’s new W Black program. In its first-ever competitive outing, Andrews Meats’ W Black brand topped 50 entries across five grain and grassfed competition classes..Read More
Jon Condon, 22/05/2024
Australia’s beef export opportunity to the United States in coming years would be more like a ‘slow-moving storm,’ rather than a ‘tsunami,’ a leading US beef industry analyst told a Beef 2024 breakfast audience last week. Rabobank’s Kansas-based US beef and cattle analyst Lance Zimmermann told a packed room in Rockhampton that the weather analogy might suggest that to a ‘slow moving storm’ might be kinder, and less impactful…Read More
Jon Condon, 14/05/2024
Australia’s beef exports during April continued to surge, despite the impact of holiday-shortened working weeks and weather disruptions to processing during the month…Read More
Jon Condon, 02/05/2024
Following the Chinese Government’s official removal of the hefty tariffs imposed on Australian barley and wine, Shadow Minister for Trade and Tourism Kevin Hogan has called for the focus to..Read More
Beef Central, 23/04/2024
After a tough 2023, Australian consumer confidence is on the rise, however it remains patchy, a new consumer survey has found…Read More
Beef Central, 22/04/2024
Some of the beef industry’s brightest young minds have been encouraged to pay attention to global trade trends with Australia’s most important partners starting to change their priorities…Read More
Eric Barker, 08/04/2024
Momentum being seen this year in slaughter activity is being carried through with dramatically higher Australian beef exports during March, and the full first quarter. Despite the early Easter holiday impact this year, March exports to all markets reached 106,573t, more than 14pc higher than the previous month, and 7pc higher than March last year…Read More
Jon Condon, 05/04/2024
The number of Americans who describe themselves as meat eaters (80pc) and the number of households that purchase meat (98pc) remain steady from last year, while the number seeking to decrease meat consumption has declined by 20pc since 2020, according to an important annual consumer survey released yesterday. Many of the findings are equally relevant to the Australian consumer market ..Read More
Beef Central, 20/03/2024