Latest industry news and updates from the meatborsa team.
Published about about 14 hours ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak
Director of Marketing
Brazil lost its Chinese quota and its European market access within weeks, and our view is that the displaced beef goes to the United States rather than Europe, so EU buyers should not wait for a price break.
Published 1 day ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak
Director of Marketing
World pork quotations rose in August mainly because hot weather in the European Union slowed pig growth, and we think that makes the current firmness a delay rather than a turn in the cycle.
Published 3 days ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak
Director of Marketing
Two of Spain's best-paying pork markets are still shut while Spanish plants keep producing more, and our view is that the meat has only one place left to go: Europe.
Published 3 days ago in News
Martina Osmak
Director of Marketing
France and Bulgaria have confirmed the first avian influenza cases of the autumn season, while Newcastle disease has come back in Poland and reached Hungary for the first time.
Published 5 days ago in Market Analysis
Bo Pedersen, Chief Revenue Officer
Ground control of the strait is not the same thing as attacking ships in it, however it piles on risk just as carriers were returning to Suez.
Published 6 days ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
As the summer peak fades, lamb prices in Ireland and the United Kingdom are easing into autumn, yet tight supply and firmer demand are keeping the market from falling far.
Published 6 days ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
EU beef, pork and lamb prices eased from their winter peak through July 2026 but stayed above historical norms. A month-by-month review of the first half, plus an assumption-based outlook on how drought-driven feed costs and animal disease could shape the rest of the year.
Published 7 days ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
China is heading for another record year of soybean imports, and because most of those beans become animal feed, the buying spree offers clues about where the global protein and meat trade may go next.
Published 8 days ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
After record highs in 2025, cattle prices in Ireland and the United Kingdom have eased through 2026, yet the early autumn trade is steadying again while global beef supply stays tight.
Published 9 days ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
China is buying far less pork, and the gap is reshaping global trade, as Mexico and Southeast Asia take the lead while Brazil and Europe compete for new customers.
Published 10 days ago in Industry Insights
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
In early September 2026, a fresh round of investment, a major factory closure and rising import competition show Europe's poultry sector splitting into fewer, bigger and more automated players.
Published 10 days ago in Industry Insights
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
Two very different thefts, a 233-head cattle spree in eastern Germany and 11 sheep taken from Jeremy Clarkson's farm in England, point to the same trend: as animal values stay high, livestock has become a target for organised crime.