Price of broiler cows remains well in the Netherlands

On Wednesday there was a smooth trade in Leeuwarden. This caused some upward price pressure. A good slaughter cow of O-quality yielded 3.35 euros per kilo. That is 40 to 45 cents more than in the summers of 2020 and 2019. 'The current price level seems to be the result of a sum of factors that have a positive effect on the prices of broiler cows,' says Derk Jan Kuenen, cattle trader in Zelhem in Gelderland and chairman of the cattle traders' committee of the sector organization Vee & Logistiek Nederland. 'The import of beef from South American countries such as Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay is now limited.' South American meat The poor supply of South American beef is not only due to restrictive import quotas, but also the limited availability of beef for export in those countries. Most of the meat is needed to feed its own population. The supply of broiler cows is not only limited in the Netherlands. This is also the case in other EU Member States. There, too, you see ...