United States – factory closure

JBS is reducing its slaughter capacity with the announcement of the closure of a beef processing factory near Philadelphia in northeast America.

Netherlands – switch to electric trucks

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FrieslandCampina has announced that it will now operate four refrigerated electricity-powered milk tankers, having introduced the first in 2024.

Australia – record lamb price

Last week, the Merino Lamb Indicator set a new daily record of Aus$1140c/kg (€6.95/kg), with an average price of Aus$260 (€158) per head.

Ukraine – wheat forecast

In its June report, USDA has forecast an increase in wheat production by 500,000 tonnes to 23.5m tonnes and the export forecast is increased by 1m tonnes to 14m tonnes.