Beef
US beef prices in September 2025 are running 30% ahead of the same time last year, with prices reaching a record $8.50/kg (€7.32/kg)
A group of cattle feeders have come together to develop a brand-new 150,000 head beef feedlot and AD facility in the state of Nebraska.
China and the US have signed an agreement whereby the Asian country will remove the 30-month age limit for beef it imports from the US.
Environment
There may be as many as one million calves lost in the US state of Nebraska, according to the US secretary of agriculture Sonny Perdue.
Agri-Business
1,766t of beef worth approximately €7.75 million was exported to the US during the first 10 months of 2018, according to Minister Creed.
A group of inspectors from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is set to visit a number of Irish beef, pig and sheepmeat plants.
A delegation from South Korea have visited a number of Irish beef plants in recent days, AgriLand has learnt.
Other
There is no doubt that US beef products are safe and the 20-year EU ban has been in effect far too long, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson has said.
Irish beef exports to the US were worth an estimated €9m during the first six months of the year, figures from the Department show.
The United States and Brazil have agreed to allow access to each other's beef markets after more than a decade of negotiations.
Ireland has secured improved access for Irish beef to the US market, with the decision of authorities there to recognise Ireland’s raw meat control system as equivalent to that of the US.
Peak prices for 'lucrative' manufacturing beef in the US have passed, but the market is still an opportunity for Irish beef exports.
The UK has moved a step closer to exporting beef and lamb to the US following further talks between the two nations.
Indications for exports of Irish beef to the US in Quarter 1 are that just under 700t with a value of €6m was exported, according to the Department of Agriculture.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a bleak assment of the European beef market in a recent report where it warns of EU beef stockpiles
