Latest industry news and updates from the meatborsa team.
Published about about 6 hours ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak
Director of Marketing
A shortage of lambs in Australia and the United States is keeping global prices near record levels, but larger spring supplies could soon cool the market.
Published 1 day ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak
Director of Marketing
Australia has just produced its largest-ever beef crop, yet full import quotas in China and South Korea are pushing exporters to send more meat to other markets.
Published 2 days ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak
Director of Marketing
A worldwide cattle shortage keeps beef prices near record highs in mid-2026, while new import limits in China and South Korea push Australian exporters to find new buyers.
Published 3 days ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak
Director of Marketing
New USDA figures show chicken prices in the United States moving higher while more birds head to market, and turkey stays quiet ahead of the holiday season.
Published 6 days ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
Argentina is shipping more beef abroad than ever, while its own people eat the least beef in over two decades as high prices push families toward chicken and pork.
Published 7 days ago in Industry Insights
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
Successive heatwaves and a severe drought across Europe are cutting harvests and shrinking feed supplies, and the pressure on hay, grain and pastures could push meat prices higher in the months ahead.
Published 8 days ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
The Philippines is importing more pork as African swine fever keeps its herd small, with Brazil filling most of the gap, while China quietly grows its own pork output.
Published 8 days ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
European pork producers face a tough mid-2026, with too much meat on the market, falling export earnings, and African swine fever spreading to more countries.
Published 20 days ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
New June data shows the United States is selling less beef but earning more, a short-lived offal ban held back pork, and the country keeps importing more beef to feed strong demand.
Published 21 days ago in News
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
Australia has recorded its first mass die-off of wild seabirds from H5 bird flu, and while poultry farms remain clear for now, officials warn the virus will keep spreading.
Published 23 days ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
Lamb prices in New Zealand and Australia keep climbing while the very high prices in Europe and the United States are easing back, bringing the world's lamb markets closer together.
Published 24 days ago in Industry Insights
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
A new US industry study says bringing back mandatory country-of-origin labels for beef and pork would cost more than $1 billion a year, but cattle ranchers say the numbers are misleading.