Issues Plaguing the Meat Industry From animal welfare to meat substitutes, the livestock sector faces many challenges. U.S. Meat Exports and the TPP The U.S. International Trade Commission’s (ITC’s) analysis of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) projects the biggest increase in U.S. beef, pork and poultry exports will be to Japan. Aquaculture and the Global Livestock Industry While the swine, poultry, beef and dairy sectors are the most important in the global livestock arena, aquaculture is a large and fast-growing part of that industry today. Competitiveness of EU Livestock The combination of extensive regulation weighing on margins and generally low price levels has already put the EU livestock sector in a crisis mode...
President Trump has opened the door to 100,000 MT of beef lean trimmings (limited to HTS codes 0201.30.5091, 0201.30.5097, 0202.30.5091, and 0202.30.5097) from countries listed under the “Other Countries” TRQ effective 1 September. These imports would not be subject to the over-quot...
Key Takeaways: CHS and OCP plan to invest up to $450 million in a Louisiana phosphate fertilizer facility capable of producing more than 1 MMT annually, marking the first new U.S. plant of its kind in more than 40 years. The facility could reduce U.S. dependence on imported finished phosphate...
A Small Industry Tied to a Global Benchmark The U.S. wool industry is small by global standards but heavily export-dependent, with roughly 60 percent of U.S. wool leaving the country each year. Australia, by contrast, dominates world wool trade. Because the U.S. lacks a deep domestic auction ma...
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