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Fewer cattle and effective closure of China to US beef squeezes exports and while US beef imports increase, Ireland isn't picking up any of the business.
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A continued decline in cattle availability combined with cheap grain and high beef price is encouraging feeders to bring cattle to heavier carcase weights.
Brief news snippets from Brazil, Australia, Britain and United States.
US beef exports improved in October compared with preceding months, but China remains effectively closed because of import licence policy.
US beef coming into the UK under the deal must comply with the UK’s sanitary and phytosanitary standards.
The overall US cattle kill is expected to fall by 1.5 to 2 million head in 2026 on the back of lower cattle imports from Mexico and a falling herd size.
2025 has been a turbulent year for US beef exports, with falling production having an even greater impact than trade policy.
Funding announced to help offset losses, particularly in the crop sector of US agriculture but is it enough?
Why this Kilkenny farmer switched to a 45m Amazone self-propelled sprayer James O’Reilly is a tillage farmer based in north Kilkenny, near a village called Ballyragget.
