Latest industry news and updates from the meatborsa team.
Published about about 18 hours ago in Industry Insights
Martina Osmak
Director of Marketing
Four UK bird flu cases in five weeks, and the latest on 4 November is reported to be a commercial duck farm in Lincolnshire, and our view is that the exposure for poultry meat buyers is local movement rules and timing, not national supply.
Published 1 day ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak
Director of Marketing
Pork and piglets fell hardest, Swedish beef climbed against the tide and lamb was the only riser between September 2025 and September 2026.
Published 1 day ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak
Director of Marketing
Irish pig prices sit about 11c/kg above the EU average but about 17c/kg under the Teagasc cost of production, and our view is that this makes Ireland a two-speed pork market with the exported 40% carrying the most risk.
Published 3 days ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak
Director of Marketing
Australian beef shipments fell 8% year on year in October as China stayed shut behind a 55% tariff, and our view is that the record US volume is hiding a thinner export year than the headline suggests.
Published 4 days ago in Industry Insights
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
Two waves of suspected cyberattacks in October and November raised temperatures in supermarket freezers across Europe, and our view is that for anyone selling or buying frozen meat the lesson is about who controls the temperature, and how you would know.
Published 5 days ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
Irish lamb quotes have stood still at about €8.20/kg for two weeks while Northern Ireland base prices dropped, and our view is that this is a pause in a tight market, not a change of direction.
Published 8 days ago in Industry Insights
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
The Netherlands confirmed three avian influenza outbreaks between 26 and 28 October and ordered all poultry indoors, but the reported cases are egg-laying hens and a small flock, so we explain what that means for chicken meat buyers.
Published 9 days ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
The German VEZG pig price fell 8 cents to €1.32 per kg, 47% below its July 2023 peak and €0.73 under farm full costs, which makes balance sheets, not meat, the question for the pork trade.
Published 10 days ago in Industry Insights
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
Irish factories are trimming cattle offers as the weekly kill jumped 23.6% in mid-October, and our view is that this is early-finished cattle arriving at once, not a lasting turn in beef demand.
Published 11 days ago in Company Updates
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
We are exhibiting on home ground this November, and we would like to show you how buyers and sellers find each other on our platform.
Published 11 days ago in Industry Insights
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
The Philippine Agriculture Department says it intends to suspend import clearances for selected pork cuts from about mid-November, and our view is that the risk for exporters sits in cargo timing and contract wording, not in world pork prices.
Published 12 days ago in Industry Insights
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
Two bird flu cases in Great Britain this October, one of them on a free-range egg farm, have cost the country its disease-free status, and our take is that for chicken meat buyers the risk sits in origin paperwork and local movement rules, not in supply.