News of beef

From meat to grains, trade war is a boon to Brazil and Argentina

22-04-2025 14:38 Escalating tensions between the United States and China have created an opening for Brazil and Argentina to ramp up exports.

AGRICULTURE & LIVESTOCK

Argentina allows live cattle exports as Milei scraps 1973 policy

26-02-2025 22:54 President Javier Milei Milei issues executive order striking down a policy dating to 1973 that prohibits Argentina from shipping its cows to abattoirs overseas.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Beef consumption in Argentina at lowest level in 26 years

16-08-2024 15:53 CICRA industry group data shows 14.1-percent in consumption of carne year-on-year in first seven months of the year.

BEEF CONSUMPTION

Beef consumption in Argentina falls to lowest in a century

08-07-2024 16:32 Per capita consumption in 2024 forecast at around 44.8 kilos per capita, the lowest figure in more than a century.

BEEF CONSUMPTION

Milei’s shock therapy sends demand for beef to 110-year low

08-07-2024 14:41 Beef demand is forecast to drop below 45 kilos (99 pounds) a person this year, the lowest in data going back to 1914.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Beef consumption at its lowest level in three decades, says industry group

16-05-2024 15:13 In the first four-month period of the year, consumption dropped by 17.5 percent.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Beef consumption fell to historic low in first quarter

16-04-2024 20:21 Beef sales hit a historic low in the first quarter of 2024 amid a heavy drop in consumption, falling to their lowest level in three decades.

PROTECTIVE MEASURES

Government walks back beef export ban, eyes price accord

16-08-2023 12:12 After the country’s customs office announced a 15-day beef ban, Agriculture Secretary Juan José Bahillo denies introduction of measure.

NEW MEASURE

Government suspends meat exports for 15 days

15-08-2023 17:04 Measure taken as talks with slaughterhouses and companies continue in wake of post-PASO devaluation of peso.

INFLATION WOES

Beef prices to pour more fuel on 116% inflation

07-08-2023 08:28 Decision to temporarily weaken the exchange rate for corn exports — designed to spur shipments abroad — has bumped up domestic feed costs. Now beef prices are set to soar in the coming months.