World's big beef producers will have less to sell in 2025 but not Australia

The largest beef-producing nations all look like having less to sell in 2025, creating a shortage of supply against a backdrop of ever-increasing global demand. That puts Australia in the box seat. We will be the first of the major exporters to turn the corner and have an increase in production to send to hungry overseas markets. This is the thinking of a number of beef market analysts and industry leaders, many of whom say that while economic pressures and high living costs pose hurdles, along with political and trade uncertainties, the outlook for Australian beef exports is solid. Rabobank's latest Global Beef Quarterly predicts 2025 herd contraction for the world's big four beef producers - the United States, Brazil, China and Europe. That will significantly alter beef trade flows, Rabobank says. Reductions in China, Europe and New Zealand are also likely and Australia may be the only top-10 beef-producing nation to post year-over-year production gains in 2025, the big ...