LivestockCoBank economist Brian Earnest says about one in four US households has a GLP-1 user, and their buying favours protein-dense chicken and smaller, higher-quality beef portions, adding to demand for lean imported beef.
LivestockMore than 30 companies have now committed to USDA's Product of USA label, which marks meat and poultry born, raised, harvested and processed in the United States.
LivestockA USDA loan guarantee will back a $24.6 million commercial loan for a locally owned beef processing plant in Dimmitt, Texas, set up by 36 cattle-raising investors to process about 400 head a day.
CookingCooked in olive oil and carried in china jars, Dhaka's jahaji kalia once sustained long journeys, Hajj above all. The old recipe and Hakim Habibur Rahman's account of a dish now almost forgotten.
LivestockAbout half the shareholder questions at Woolworths' annual meeting in Sydney came from conservation groups pressing on beef traceability, while Cattle Australia's deputy chair Adam Coffey defended producers from the floor.
VegetablesBeef has risen to Tk 850 a kilo in Dhaka's markets and four eggs cost Tk 50, while the first winter vegetables have brought down the price of aubergine, cauliflower and pointed gourd. Edible oil is short.
LivestockThe fisheries and livestock ministry told a parliamentary committee that a kilo of beef costs Tk 587.50 to produce and an egg Tk 10.81, and the committee asked for checks on how far market prices exceed those costs.
LivestockAustralia and Canada have shipped the first straws since years of curbs; each consignment faces a review of more than four months as China tries to lift beef and milk output.
AgribusinessAt Nayabazar, Raysaheb Bazar and Dhupkhola Math Bazar, tilapia, rui-katla, shrimp, chicken and beef have all risen, while farm eggs fell Tk 5 a hali and duck eggs Tk 10 in a week.
LivestockAt a Beyond The Farmgate visit to Kepak's Merthyr Tydfil plant, processors, retailers and farmers said closer collaboration is needed, with British beef needing £6 to £6.50/kg against imports landing at about £4/kg.
OpinionIn a column for Northern Ag Network, state representative Randyn Gregg argues that rising US protein demand will lift farm incomes only if more processing and value-adding happens in rural America.
LivestockUSDA counted 11.372 million cattle on feed on 1 October and 1.777 million placements in September, well below trade estimates, with little sign yet of herd rebuilding.
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.
