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LivestockUSDA's Foreign Agricultural Service forecasts India's 2027 beginning inventory of cattle and buffalo at 307 million head, as strong carabeef demand raises slaughter and farmers replace low-yielding animals.
HealthWeight-loss drugs have fuelled a boom in protein-enriched foods, but consumers are checking labels more closely and dietitians warn that a protein claim does not make a product healthy.
LivestockThe European Commission says it will propose lifting its ban on Brazilian poultry meat and honey after a positive audit, while Brazil cannot yet reliably certify that its beef meets the EU's lifetime requirements.
CropsHungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar says Zelenskiy asked Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary to allow transit of Ukrainian grain, and that Hungary would not object if cargoes only pass through.
EnvironmentThrough the Symbiosis Coalition, the two companies will buy 320,000 tonnes of carbon removal credits over ten years from Working Trees, which plants timber and native trees into grazed pasture.
CropsCoBank says higher corn and soybean prices are not enough to cover diesel nearly 80% above last year and a record $40 billion US fertiliser bill for 2026.
LivestockCoBank's quarterly outlook finds US beef held back by scarce cattle, pork reliant on exports, chicken growing into price-sensitive demand, and the dairy herd at a 34-year high on beef-on-dairy calf returns.
LivestockThe French government will pay the interest on up to €2 billion of farm loans for fodder, fertiliser and other inputs after record heatwaves and drought damaged crops and pastures, on top of €1.3 billion in emergency aid.
LivestockA USDA Foreign Agricultural Service report says EU cattle slaughter fell 3.851% in the first half of 2026, but summer heat and drought are expected to speed up culling before a further decline in 2027.
AgribusinessFarm Credit Canada says food and beverage manufacturing sales rose 4% to $88.1 billion in the first half of 2026, but real sales were flat and US trade restrictions and counter-tariffs are pressing on margins.
The disease was found on a commercial farm in the Kharas Region, inside the country's internationally recognised FMD-free zone, bordering outbreak-hit South Africa.
Market ManagementShipments to China fell to 16,136 tonnes in August, and China's share of Brazil's beef exports dropped from 32.1% to 7.1%, Cepea and Secex data show.
LivestockThe border crossing that handled about 43% of cattle imports will take 750 to 1,600 head a day under treatment rules, but experts say beef prices will not fall soon.
