World: HPAI in dairy cattle, Argentina's beef exports surge

Published 2024년 3월 29일

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The article provides comprehensive updates on the agricultural and food markets, focusing on meat and dairy sectors. It highlights China's ongoing hog herd surplus despite efforts to reduce it, Argentina's boost in beef exports to China, and the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza in U.S. dairy cattle with no human health risk. The U.S. sees a decrease in frozen pork and beef stocks, indicating shifts in meat supply dynamics. Additionally, a major fast-food chain plans to adjust its chicken antibiotic policy, and the dairy market experiences stable to varying prices across products. The USDA AMS has awarded funding for organic market development, with the National Organic Program's new rule set to enhance oversight in the organic sector. Retail prices for various dairy products have also been noted, alongside significant advertising increases for both organic and conventional dairy products.

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China’s hog herd will remain in surplus this year, despite new government targets to tame oversupply. Earlier this month, Beijing adjusted the national target for normal retention of breeding sows to 39 million head from 41 million and issued new regulations to control the country’s pig production capacity. But increasingly productive sows and a reluctance in hog farms to destock will keep herd size at high levels and prices low. Shanghai JC Intelligence Co. said the sow herd needs to decline to about 35 million head. It forecasts China’s 2024 pig production at 717 million head, down 10 million head (1.4%) from last year. Argentina exported 82,548 MT of beef in February, the biggest monthly total since 1967. During the first two months of this year, Argentine beef shipments reached a record 160,478 MT, with more than three-quarters of the total going to China. China had 40.42 million sows at the end of February, down 0.6% from January and 6.9% less than last year, the ag ministry ...

Source: Thepoultrysite