http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk This is the RSS syndication feed for MeatTradeNewsDaily.co.uk. Research in Brazil has revealed that so-called 'biotic' additives are nutritionally feasible replacements for growth promoters and the animal husbandry indices of animals treated with these additives were similar to those of animals fed the normal rations and the use of additives contributed to improvements in the meat quality. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160113/brazil___banning_the_use_of_growth_hormones_.aspx 5mpublishing Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Brazilian soybean harvest is expected to be even larger than thought, the US Department of Agriculture's Brasilia bureau said, easing some concerns over the oilseed, even if dryness is still seen threatening some other crops. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/080113/brazil___bumper_grain_harvest_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT JBS, SA opened two new beef processing plants last Monday in the Brazilian cities of Pontes e Lacerda and Vila Rica, both located in Mato Grosso state. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160113/brazil___jbs_aim_to_kill__cattle_a_week_in_brazil_with_new_plants.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Cover up down at the USDA and false reporting by US meat media have been covering up`shortcomings for years. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/100113/brazil___meating_place_fail_to_mention_usa_had_identical_situation_in_.aspx meatingplace Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Brazil helped by good weather heading for record soybean and corn crops in 2012/13. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/131212/brazil___what_grain_shortage_we_ask_rabobank_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Brazilian government's rapid response to a non-classic case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) on Dec. 7 has been credited with limiting the temporary bans export markets have levied on Brazilian beef to just 10, and persuading Brazil's most important beef buyers over the past month to stay the course. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/150113/brazil___beef_exports_.aspx meatingplace Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT U.S. soybean futures slumped Tuesday on projections that larger-than-expected harvests in South America will reduce demand for the U.S. crop, while corn futures edged higher. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140113/brazil___rabobank_forecasts_cost_a_lot_of_people_a_lot_of_money_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Brazil warns countries that have banned imports of beef because of atypical BSE http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020113/brazil___warning_to_countries_that_have_banned_imports_of_beef_.aspx MercoPress.com Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Analysts at Deutsche Bank say they are not yet ready to recommend buying shares of JBS due to margin pressures in the company’s core U.S. divisions. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/090113/brazil___analysts_afraid_of_jbs_.aspx meatingplace Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Chile and Jordanian governments have joined China, Japan, South Africa and Saudi Arabia and others in banning brazilian beef imports after a bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) scare, according to the Global Dispatch. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/080113/brazil___beef_bans_take_a_turn_for_the_worse_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Chile becomes the sixth country to ban Brazilian beef because of atypical BSE http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/080113/brazil___chile_becomes_the_sixth_country_to_ban_brazilian_beef_.aspx MercoPress.com Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Egypt’s Minister of Agriculture informed the Brazilian embassy in Cairo that Egypt was not placing a temporary ban on Brazilian beef imports, as had been reported in mid-December, Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture announced Dec. 27. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040113/brazil___egypt_do_a_u_turn_on_beef_ban_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Brazilian government’s repeated intervention in the currency exchange market in 2012 helped close the year in ideal fashion for export-heavy industries like meat processors, with the dollar hovering between BRL2 and BRL2.10. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/070113/brazil___exchange_rate_and_meat_exports_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT JBS Notice to the Market; Alteration in Relevant Stockholding http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040113/brazil___jbs_notice_to_the_market_alteration_in_relevant_stockholding.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT SAO PAULO, Dec. 31, 2012 - BRF – Brasil Foods S.A. ("BRF" – BM&FBovespa: BRFS3; NYSE: BRFS) pursuant to CVM Rule 358, of January 3, 2002 and article 157, paragraph 4, of Law 6.404/76, hereby announces that it acquired 1/3 of the minority interest of Avex S.A., and through the latter, it acquired the remaining interest in the companies Flora Danica S.A., Flora San Luis S.A. and GB Dan S.A. ("Grupo Danica"), all headquartered in Argentina. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/070113/brazil___brf_brasil_foods_press_release_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Egypt’s Minister of Agriculture informed the Brazilian embassy in Cairo that Egypt was not placing a temporary ban on Brazilian beef imports, as had been reported in mid-December, Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture announced Dec. 27. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040113/brazil___egypt_do_a_u_turn_on_beef_ban__0.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The move comes as a reaction to an atypical bovine spongiform ecephalopathy (BSE) case that was confirmed in an 13 year old animal that died in 2010 in the state of Parana. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/090113/brazil___lebanan_jump_on_the_bandwagon_at_their_peril_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture has announced a new “game plan” for the national cattle industry in light of the recent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) case, reports Brazilian news site Folha.com.br. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/070113/brazil___tightening_up_beef_security_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The world's top beef exporter, Brazil, will give countries that curbed imports of its beef after a case of BSE until March to drop the measures, or it will file a complaint at the World Trade Organization, farm ministry officials said. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020113/brazil___bse_case_taken_to_wto_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Due to the problems associated with imports to Russia of meat from countries that use ractopamine, specialists from Russia and Brazil are set to enter into consultations aimed at developing a mechanism to allow Brazilian companies onto the Russian market, Sergei Dankvert, the head of the Russian agriculture watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor, told Interfax. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/201212/brazil___dealing_with_russia_on_ractopamine.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Brazil's beef industry is expected to close 2012 with record export sales, and should continue to grow in 2013 in spite of temporary bans recently raised by six export markets in response to a “non-classic” case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), according to Brazil's lead beef trade association, Abiec. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040113/brazil___leading_the_pack_as_number_on_beef_exporter_.aspx meatingplace Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Russia’s sanitation authority, Rosselkhoznadzor, published a notice Wednesday that it had detected salmonella in a JBS frozen beef shipment in November. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040113/brazil___samonella_tained_beef_from_jbs_rejected_in_russia_.aspx meatingplace Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply has signed a sanitary agreement to allow the continued export of live animals from Brazil to Venezuela. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/080113/brazil___the_live_cattle_trade_.aspx 5mpublishing Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Brazil is considering retaliation against trade partners that are refusing to import Brazilian beef suspected of carrying atypical mad cow disease. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/090113/brazil___more_on_bse_fiasco_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Lebanon announced on Wednesday it would impose an indefinite ban on Brazilian beef from Parana state, where a 2010 case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was reported on Dec. 7, becoming the seventh export market to levy a full or partial ban on Brazilian beef within the last month. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/080113/brazil___lebanon_ban_brazilian_beef_.aspx meatingplace Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Brazil's 2012/13 soybean production estimate has risen by one million metric tons (mmt) to a record 83 mmt. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/080113/brazil___record_soy_harvest_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT A ban on Brazilian beef has grown to include five countries after a case of atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy was confirmed in December, according to Reuters. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/080113/brazil___us_media_dirty_tricks_campaign_over_bse_.aspx meatpoultry.com Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Brazil's Northeast is suffering its worst drought in decades, threatening hydro-power supplies in an area prone to blackouts and potentially slowing economic growth in one of the country's emerging agricultural frontiers. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/090113/brazil___us_media_make_it_up_as_they_go_we_have_a_bumper_harvest_.aspx drovers.com Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Brazilian beef exports up to the second week of December show reached $5.53 billion, ahead of the record levels of 2008, when exports hit $5.4 billion. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020113/brazil___beef_exports_.aspx 5mpublishing Sun, 06 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Egyptian Minister of Agriculture, Mohammed Abd Almo'men Salaah, has confirmed to the Brazilian ambassador in Cairo, Marco Brandao, that Egypt has not suspended imports of beef from Brazil. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/030113/brazil___egypt_will_take_all_the_beef_they_can_get_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 06 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Five statewide cattle groups and R-CALF USA joined in a letter with 37 U.S.-based farm and consumer groups to collectively urge the U.S. Department of Justice (Justice Department) to "undertake an expanded, probing, and in-depth investigation into the proposal by JBS USA to acquire two U.S.-based beef packing plants owned by Canadian-based XL Four Star Beef." http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020113/brazil___groups_urge_vigorous_review_of_jbs_merger_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 06 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT The South African government has decided not to impose additional duties on the import of Brazilian chickens — a decision which will stop Brazil’s complaint to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in its tracks. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020113/brazil___no_case_to_answer_on_poultry_dumping_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 06 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Peru will ban beef imports from Brazil for about 90 days due to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) announcement that a dead cow from 2010 tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Paraná state. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040113/brazil___peru_bans_brazilan_beef_.aspx meatingplace Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Brazilian poultry exports totaled 312,000 metric tons and US$653.5 million in November, down 13 percent and 14.7 percent, respectively, from the same month a year ago, according to figures released Wednesday by Brazil's lead poultry processors and exporters association, Ubabef. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020113/brazil___poultry_exports_.aspx meatingplace Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Brazil's JBS SA will hold a general shareholders meeting on Dec. 27 to propose the incorporation of leather subsidiary Cascavel Couros, the company said Tuesday. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/201212/brazil___big_changes_at_jbs_.aspx meatingplace Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Although the current market situation does not look that great, with activists going against the industry, the future for poultry production gives reason for optimism. At least that is the opinion of poultry market guru Osler Desouzart. He spoke at the World Poultry Congress in Salvador, Brazil. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/010113/brazil___poultry_market_in_great_shape.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT There never has been a link proved between BSE and humans if you can find me proof we will pay you US$25,000 cash. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/281212/brazil___bse_is_only_serious_with_politicians_and_voters_.aspx 5mpublishing Sun, 30 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT As part of the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) action programme of the Mercosur group the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply will undertake an audit of vaccine development at the Biogenesis Laboratory in Buenos Aires on 21 December. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/281212/brazil___fmd_vaccines_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Sun, 30 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Top global beef exporter Brazil has yet to contain the spread of international fears over BSE that have now spilled into a large importer of Brazilian beef: Saudi Arabia. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/261212/brazil___big_trouble_over_bse_scare_.aspx albertafarmeaxpress Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Saudi Arabia will ban all beef imports from Brazil and Egypt will prohibit beef from Parana state, where a “non-classic” case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was sourced from 2010 and made public on Dec. 7, Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture confirmed to Meatingplace. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/261212/brazil___egypt_and_saudi_arabia_ban_brazilian_beef_.aspx meatingplace Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT This week, Brazilian cattle giant JBS is recommitting to its promises made in the Cattle Agreement of 2009 to help fight Amazon destruction. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/271212/brazil___jbs_climb_into_bed_with_greenpeace_you_have_to_get_close_to_roger_them_.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT World’s largest pulp and forestry complex begins operation in south Brazil http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/211212/brazil___jbs_us_billion_pulp_mill_investment___.aspx MercoPress.com Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Top global beef exporter Brazil has yet to contain the spread of international fears over mad cow disease that have now spilled into a large importer of Brazilian beef: Saudi Arabia. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/261212/brazil___the_power_of_the_media_.aspx drovers.com Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT The intervention of President Dilma Rousseff was not enough to convince the Russian government to lift the ban on meat imports from three Brazilian states, in place for a year and a half. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/251212/brazil___beef_exports_hit_road_block_.aspx 5mpublishing Tue, 25 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT The year 2012 has been marked internally by a crisis of cost pressure in the pork industry. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/251212/brazil___the_pork_industry_.aspx 5mpublishing Tue, 25 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Una discusión de medidas para apoyar la práctica del riego en los cultivos brasileños con el fin de reducir los costos de las inversiones cumplen, el Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Abastecimiento (MAPA), el gobierno, los parlamentarios y los representantes del sector privado. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/211212/brasil___apoyo_para_el_riego_en_brasil_se_discute_en_el_mapa.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT South Korea announced on Tuesday its immediate embargo of beef products from Brazil, becoming the sixth export market to place a temporary ban on Brazilian beef after details of a a “non-classic” case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) were publicized on Dec. 7, Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture confirmed for Meatingplace. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/191212/brazil___beef_industry_in_big_trouble_.aspx meatingplace Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Brazil farmland prices quadrupled over the past decade outpacing inflation. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/111212/brazil___brazil_farmland_prices_quadrupled_in__years_.aspx MercoPress.com Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Brazil could end up increasing beef exports to Russia, its biggest buyer, after banning a controversial feed additive that promotes muscle growth in animals such as pigs and cattle, Russia’s food safety watchdog said on Thursday. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/171212/brazil___increasing_beef_exports_to_russia.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT CALL NOTICE EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING The shareholders of JBS S.A. (”Company”) are hereby called to the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting to be held on December 27, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at the Company’s headquarters, located at Avenida Marginal Direita do Tietê, 500, Bloco I, 3º Andar, Vila Jaguara, CEP 05118-100, in the City and State of São Paulo, to resolve on the following agenda: http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/121212/brazil___jbs_extraordinary_shareholders_meeting_to_be_held_on_december___at__am.aspx Argentine Beef Packers S.A. Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT