Latest industry news and updates from the meatborsa team.
Published about about 18 hours ago in Industry Insights
Martina Osmak
Director of Marketing
France confirmed the first human case of Shamonda virus on 22 October, and our view is that the real exposure for meat buyers is headlines and calf crops, not meat safety or trade rules.
Published 1 day ago in Industry Insights
Martina Osmak
Director of Marketing
The team is back from SIAL Paris 2026 after five busy days, with new conversations and a first public showing of Margin, our new trading app.
Published 4 days ago in Industry Insights
Martina Osmak
Director of Marketing
A Devon vet found about half of tested rams infertile after bluetongue, and a sheep farmer survey shows 40% could not get vaccine this season, which matters for UK lamb supply in 2027.
Published 4 days ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak
Director of Marketing
UK fresh meat prices slipped in September while the latest forecasts show beef, sheep meat and pig meat output all falling in 2027, and we think buyers should read that gap as a timing signal.
Published 5 days ago in Industry Insights
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
African swine fever outbreaks in Europe fell 16.6% in the first nine months of 2026, but domestic pig outbreaks stayed flat and Spain's trade restrictions remain in force, and our view is that the headline count understates what buyers and sellers of pork still face.
Published 8 days ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
USDA's October outlook cuts US beef and pork output and raises chicken, and our view is that each protein is now being driven by a different problem: beef by short supply, pork by heavy stocks and weak exports, chicken by plenty.
Published 9 days ago in Industry Insights
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
The EU has temporarily suspended fresh beef, sheep and goat meat from Namibia's former disease-free zone after foot-and-mouth disease, and our view is that for buyers the certification date on each consignment now matters more than the headline.
Published 10 days ago in Industry Insights
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
The EU suspended poultry imports from six zones in Canada, the UK and the US on 8 October, and our view is that this is a paperwork and sourcing problem for buyers tied to those places, not a supply shock.
Published 11 days ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
Pig prices in Spain and Germany keep sliding while feed costs creep up, and the production cuts that would fix it are forecast for 2027, not this winter.
Published 12 days ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
EU broiler prices sit about 5% below last year as production grows faster than demand, so the pause in Brazilian chicken imports is a smaller story for the price than it looks.
Published 12 days ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
The EU's meat trade surplus shrank in pork, poultry and beef in the first seven months of 2026, and our view is that these are one trend: Europe exports less of what it has plenty of and imports more where price or cut mix favours it.
Published 15 days ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
Irish beef factory quotes opened higher in early October and British lamb prices are well above last year, and our view is that thin supply, not demand, is holding red meat firm on both sides of the Irish Sea.