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The Uruguayan Aberdeen Angus Breeders’ Society is participating again in SIAL Paris, aiming to promote its beef certification program and establish new business contacts.
Rafael Mortarotti, a board member of the Argentine Feedlot Chamber and chairman of CREA Argentina’s Livestock Committee, warned that high replacement cattle costs and interest rates are putting feedlot profitability under pressure. He also said he does not expect cattle supply to increase next year amid greater female retention.
Brazil’s withdrawal from the European Hilton quota market created new business opportunities for Argentina and Uruguay, although this did not translate into higher prices.
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The Uruguayan Aberdeen Angus Breeders’ Society is participating again in SIAL Paris, aiming to promote its beef certification program and establish new business contacts.
Rafael Mortarotti, a board member of the Argentine Feedlot Chamber and chairman of CREA Argentina’s Livestock Committee, warned that high replacement cattle costs and interest rates are putting feedlot profitability under pressure. He also said he does not expect cattle supply to increase next year amid greater female retention.
Brazil’s withdrawal from the European Hilton quota market created new business opportunities for Argentina and Uruguay, although this did not translate into higher prices.
Finished cattle prices in Europe remain firm, driven by historically low cattle supplies and expectations that the situation will not change over the medium term.
Mexico’s National Service for Agrifood Health, Safety and Quality (Senasica) ruled out foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the calf with mouth lesions detected at the Agua Prieta quarantine station in Sonora.
The Type Steer 2.0 value increased by US$ 6 in September, or 0.3%, to US$ 2,123 per head, INAC reported. This was the second consecutive record for the indicator, which estimates the average sales value of all products obtained from a 520-kg liveweight beef-breed steer or crossbred animal with a 54% dressing percentage.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) lowered its 2026 beef production forecast by 75 million pounds, or around 34,000 tons, to just over 24.8 billion pounds. It also revised its 2027 projection downward to the lowest volume since 2015.
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, plans to launch its first cattle and hog futures contracts on December 7, subject to regulatory review, Reuters reported.
Brazil's meatpacking industry has submitted a proposal to the government to distribute the 2027 beef export quota to China among eligible companies, using a mechanism similar to the one applied to administer the European Union's Hilton quota, based on export history.
The extraordinary beef import quota introduced by the United States was an unforeseen factor that helped drive up finished male cattle prices in Brazil, according to Paulo Mustefaga, executive president of the Brazilian Meatpackers Association (Abrafrigo).
Uruguayan chilled beef exports to China by road through Chilean ports on the Pacific Ocean began to resume in late August this year.
A group of 68 US lawmakers signed a letter calling for measures to protect domestic sheepmeat producers, more than twice the number that supported a similar initiative late last year, Farmers Weekly reported.
