Latest industry news and updates from the meatborsa team.
Published about about 18 hours 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 1 day 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 3 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 4 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 5 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 5 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 8 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.
Published 9 days ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
Brazilian live hog and pork carcass prices rose in September for the first time this year while European pig prices were cut, and our view is that Brazil's turn removes a falling reference point but does not lift Europe.
Published 10 days ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
Irish sheep kill is running above last year because more cull ewes are leaving the flock while fewer lambs reach the plant, and our view is that this points to tighter lamb supply next year.
Published 11 days ago in Industry Insights
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
After a favourable EU audit of Brazilian poultry and a warning that beef may stay out for up to two years, buyers are getting mixed signals, and our view is that the ban is still legally in force for both products but will end very differently for each.
Published 11 days ago in Industry Insights
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
Great Britain confirmed its first bird flu case of the 2026/27 season in a small backyard flock on the Isle of Lewis, and our view is that the case is tiny for supply but is the signal the poultry trade has been waiting for.
Published 12 days ago in Market Analysis
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
The FAO Meat Price Index slipped to 127.9 points in September, level with a year ago, but poultry, pork, beef and lamb moved for very different reasons.