Brazilian Beef: Show Me the Science Last week, USDA announced that it will permit the import of Brazilian beef into the U.S. The product must be from animals slaughtered after 21 February 2020. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) issued the following statement in reaction: NCBA strongly supports science-based trade and the Trump Administration’s efforts to enforce science-based trade with all trade partners. But to be clear, NCBA has serious concerns about the re-entry of Brazilian beef to the U.S. market. Representative Kelly Armstrong (R-North Dakota) echoed that sentiment in a letter to the Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) asking for “substantive justification” on lifting th...
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Key Takeaways: The CME Group is launching new 90 percent Lean Beef and 50 percent Lean Beef futures and options contracts in July. There are five key factors that must be present in physical markets and futures contract specifications for futures contracts to become successful. The two l...
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