Published about 1 month 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 about 1 month 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 about 1 month 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 about 1 month 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 about 2 months 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 about 2 months 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.
Published about 2 months ago in News
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
A new bluetongue season is pushing cases higher in the United Kingdom while a more severe strain moves north across mainland Europe, tightening the rules on moving live sheep and cattle.
Published about 2 months ago in Industry Insights
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
Heavy rain is damaging crops in the US Midwest while drought shrinks harvests in Europe, and these opposite problems point to the same outcome: tighter, more expensive animal feed and a more volatile meat market.
Published about 2 months ago in Industry Insights
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
Seven years of European Union animal disease reports show African swine fever holding steady, while a new group of diseases - foot-and-mouth, sheep and goat pox, and lumpy skin disease - pushes into the EU from the south-east. Here is what the shift means for anyone who buys or sells meat.
Published about 2 months ago in News
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
A Salmonella outbreak in the United Kingdom linked to imported eggs has made hundreds of people ill and renewed calls for imported food to meet the same safety rules as local produce.
Published about 2 months ago in Market Analysis
Bo Pedersen, Chief Revenue Officer
European slaughter pig quotations have moved both up down and sideways over the past six months. What's going on?
Published about 2 months ago in News
Martina Osmak, Director of Marketing
The United States will let in up to 300,000 tonnes of ground beef with no extra tariff for 90 days to ease record consumer prices, a move that could open short-term demand for foreign suppliers.