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Aussie Beef; U.S. Cattle; Moratorium on Iowa Livestock Sought

Aussie Beef Back on the Global Market Australia’s beef exports are making a comeback, up 19.7 percent last month over January 2017, and they could be back on trend to match a more normal five-year average. All five of Australia’s top markets imported more beef in January than a year ago with shipments to Japan and China growing 12 percent and 36 percent, respectively. Imports to Korea, Indonesia and the U.S. are also all up marginally compared with last year. During Australia’s drought, a huge herd sell-off led to massive increases in beef exports to the U.S during 2013-15, which skews the five-year average. While Australia’s shipments are unlikely to rebound to the levels of that period, its beef and that of the U...

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