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Chicken exports and pork exports - Chicken slaughter unit
Meat Apr, 29, 2019 0

Asian demands to boost Brazil’s chicken production by 5%

Brazil’s Animal Protein Association (ABPA) predicts chicken production will rise by 5% and export volumes by 8% in 2019 compared to the previous year, due to the swine flu outbreak…
Seara chicken plant
Meat Apr, 26, 2019 0

JBS sells Brazil’s first ever chicken cargo to India

Seara, a business unit of the world’s largest meat processor JBS SA, became the first Brazilian company authorized to export chicken products to India, according to Reuters. India’s chicken consumption…
Minister Tereza Cristina Dias in a meeting at ABPA headquarters
Meat Apr, 23, 2019 0

African swine fever in China likely to cut soy exports and lift meat sales

Brazil’s Agriculture Minister, Tereza Cristina Dias, has indicated that the country’s soybean exports are likely to decline in 2019 due to the outbreak of African swine fever in China. The…
Meat Apr, 11, 2019 0

Swine flu outbreak in Piauí

Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture confirmed finding strains of “classical swine flu” in the municipality of Lagoa do Piauí in Piauí state this week. The case occurred on a non-commercial farm…
Marfrig to supply McDonlad's hamburger patty
Meat Apr, 10, 2019 0

Marfrig negotiating supply of hamburgers to McDonald’s

Brazil’s second largest food processor, Marfrig, is in the advanced stage of negotiations to becoming McDonald’s largest hamburger supplier in Brazil, according to Valor. Its competitor, JBS SA has been…
Meat Apr, 10, 2019 0

Brazil’s beef exports increase 2.6% in first quarter of 2019

Beef Exporters Association (Abiec) stated Brazil’s beef exports grew 2.6% to 405,669m tons in the first quarter of 2019, compared to the same period last year. However, revenue generated from…
Chicken exports and pork exports - Chicken slaughter unit
Meat Apr, 08, 2019 0

Brazil’s chicken and pork exports fall in March

According to Secretariat of Foreign Trade (Secex) data, Brazil’s chicken exports fell 9.5% to 340,500 tons in March year-on-year. Brazil also saw a fall in revenue generated from chicken shipments…
Meat Mar, 27, 2019 0

USDA schedules meat plant inspections for June

Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture has announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) plans to inspect Brazilian beef processing plants between June 10 and June 28. The organ intends…
Meat Mar, 26, 2019 0

China approves import of edible pork fat from Brazil

The Chinese government has authorized Brazilian pork meat exporters to ship edible pork fat to meet increased local demands resulting from the African swine flu outbreak in the country. Brazil’s…
Meat Mar, 25, 2019 0

Kazakhstan approves imports of live cattle from Brazil

Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa) signed a zoosanitary certificate with Kazakhstan to export live cattle to the country. The agreement marks another market opening to the commodity;…