The meatborsa blog.
Latest industry news and updates from the meatborsa team.
Market Pulse: Brazil’s Beef Growth, EU Deforestation Delay, and Australia’s Live Export Crunch
Brazil’s booming beef exports, a proposed one-year delay to the EU’s deforestation law, and the early slowdown of Australia’s live sheep trade shape this week’s market outlook.
Crackling Crisis: Why Pork Scratchings Now Cost More Than Sausages in Croatia
Once considered a humble snack, pork cracklings (čvarci) have now become a luxury in Croatia, with prices hitting record highs and farmers on the brink of collapse.
Europe Braces for Avian Flu: Farmers Urged to Act Now
With bird migration season underway, European poultry farmers are being urged to strengthen biosecurity and prepare for avian flu outbreaks.
Beyond Meat’s Bitter Bite: Why Its Stock Just Hit Rock Bottom
Beyond Meat’s latest debt swap move may buy time, but investors see little hope for a true turnaround.
🔴 Bluetongue Virus Spreads Across Europe: UK, Balkans, and Central Europe on Alert
Bluetongue virus (BTV) is surging across Europe in autumn 2025, with BTV-3 entrenched in northern and central regions and BTV-8 expanding rapidly into the Balkans and even the UK.
Poland Battles Multiple Farm Animal Disease Outbreaks in September 2025
In September 2025, Poland confirmed outbreaks of avian influenza, African swine fever, and bluetongue, forcing culling measures, trade restrictions, and loss of disease-free status.
British Pork Heads to Vietnam
The UK is boosting pork exports by building stronger trade links with Vietnam.
Market Pulse: Estonia ASF fallout, EU pig prices ease, Waitrose free-range pledge
New ASF pressure in Estonia, softer EU prices, and a major UK retailer welfare shift—what it means for buyers, suppliers, and processors.
Market Pulse: Croatia’s ASF cull, H1 pork exports up; UK beef & lamb output dips
Disease pressure in CEE and mixed supply trends—here’s what it means for processors, traders and retailers this week.
From Farm to Fork: How the UK and Kazakhstan Are Redefining Meat by 2027
Waitrose and Kazakhstan are taking very different paths to change how meat reaches our plates—one through higher welfare, the other through food security.
Market Pulse: UK Meat Consolidation, EU Reopens to Brazilian Poultry, and Spanish Lamb Prices Spike
Analyzing a major UK meat acquisition, the reopening of a key poultry trade route, and a disease-driven crisis in the Spanish lamb market.
Market Pulse: Dawn Meats' NZ Alliance Bid, Surging Wagyu Demand, and JBS's Plant-Based Push
Analysing a major NZ acquisition bid, surging premium beef demand in South Africa, and a strategic plant-based consolidation in Europe.