The article highlights a meeting between Mexican officials, including Senasica's Francisco Javier Trujillo Arriaga, and Zacatecan ranchers to discuss the specifications for exporting beef to China. These requirements include certification for certain diseases and a segregation process to ensure no growth anabolics are used. In addition, San Luis Potosí cattlemen accused the authorities of neglecting issues related to abigeato. On a positive note, Durango's bovine producers anticipate recovering from droughts due to recent rains. The article also mentions a significant decrease in McDonald's sales due to the pandemic, a detection of COVID-19 in a Uruguayan processing plant, and the creation of a genetically edited calf in the US that could produce mostly male offspring. Argentina's Argentine Agroindustrial Council is optimistic, predicting that meat exports will reach a value of two billion dollars by 2025.