Brazil Livestock and Products Annual Report 2008
By USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service - This article provides the cattle industry data from the USDA FAS Livestock and Products Annual 2008 report for Brazil. A link to the full report is also provided. The full report includes all the tabular data,

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates - May 2009
Total U.S. meat production for 2010 is projected to be fractionally above 2009 as declines in red meat production are more than offset by increases in poultry. Beef production declines on tighter supplies of cattle, according to the World Agricultura

New Zealand Livestock and Products Annual Report 2008
By USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service - This article provides the cattle industry data from the USDA FAS Livestock and Products Annual 2008 report for New Zealand. A link to the full report is also provided. The full report includes all the tabular d

Food Outlook Global Market Analysis
By the Food and Agricultural Organisation (of the United Nations). Rebounding demand together with tight supplies and rising production costs sustain meat prices in 2007. Prices FAO's meat price index recovered from the low value of 112 in March

US: Record Exports Continue in Face of Economy
US - While economic caution flags are flying as we enter the final quarter of 2008, both U.S. beef and pork export levels continued to exceed expectations through the first nine months of the year. U.S. pork exports built on the record set in August,

Canada Livestock and Products Livestock Annual 2008
By USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service - This article provides the cattle industry data from the USDA FAS Livestock and Products Annual 2008 report for Canada. A link to the full report is also provided. The full report includes all the tabular data,

Milk and Milk Products
By the FAO. Food Outlook, Global Market Analysis. Dairy prices continue to surge, but uncertainty is rising International market prices of dairy products are now well over twice their levels of one year ago. Since the June Food Outlook, the FAO ind

US Beef Exports Show Strength in First Quarter
US - US beef and pork muscle cut exports performed well in March, concluding the first quarter of 2010 with increasing momentum. A sluggish global market for variety meat held down the overall totals, but muscle cut export value for both products are

US Beef Exports Weathering Economic Crises
US - US beef exports held steady in May, despite the ongoing recession. While May was expected to be the month in which U.S. pork exports were most affected by A-H1N1 influenza, the impact has not been as negative as some analysts had predicted, acco

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates - June 2010
Due to drop in demand, cattle and hog price forecasts for 2010 are reduced from last month, according to the USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates for June 2010. Livestock, Poultry and Dairy Forecast total US meat production for 2010 i

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates
According to the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates from the USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board (WOAB), overall meat production is forecast to decrease. However red meat and dairy exports increase as markets pick up. LIVESTOC

US Feed Outlook - May 2009
Forecasted feed grain area planted in 2009, based on the 31 March Prospective Plantings, is down by two per cent from 2008, according to the USDA Economic Research Service. Acres to be planted in corn are expected to be down 1 per cent. Total feed

US Meat Shows Muscle in Export Market
US - U.S. red meat exports continued their strong showing in the first quarter of 2008 with an increase of 41 percent in pork exports and 29 percent in beef (including variety meat), according to the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). “We

US Feed Outlook
Allen Baker, Edward Allen, and Heather Lutman, ERS USDA. This monthly report examines supply, use, prices, and trade for feed grains, including supply and demand prospects in major importing and exporting countries. Focuses on corn; also contains in