Written By Gerson Freitas Jr. Minerva SA, South America’s top beef exporter, agreed to buy some assets from rival Marfrig Global Foods SA for 7.5 billion reais ($1.5 billion). The…
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BSE Confirmed in Brazil as Senators Call for Ban on Imports
by Colter BrownBrazil, The world’s largest exporter of beef halted exports to China, their top customer, on Thursday after a case of BSE was discovered. The investigation of the case was announced…
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NCBA Renews Call for Suspension of Brazilian Beef Imports
by Colter BrownWASHINGTON (April 11, 2022) — Following today’s USDA report highlighting an increase in Brazilian beef imports, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) renewed its call for the immediate suspension of fresh beef imports…
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Today, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) called on Secretary Vilsack to immediately suspend all imports of fresh beef from Brazil to the United States. In the letter to USDA,…
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Atypical Cases of BSE in Brazil Raise Concerns in the U.S.
by Colter BrownThis past weekend, two cases of atypical Bovine Spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or mad cow disease were confirmed in Brazil, causing a suspension of Brazilian beef exports to China. Atypical BSE…
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Senators across Northern Ag Network country signed a bipartisan letter to Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue concerning the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision to lift the ban on fresh…
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After a more than 2-year halt, the United States has reopened its market for Brazilian fresh beef imports. The Brazilian Agriculture Ministry made the announcement on Friday afternoon. The U.S.…
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Global markets for U.S. grains are interconnected and affected by demand challenges originating in the United States and elsewhere – a picture made clearer at the Council’s 17th International Marketing…
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WASHINGTON (April 30, 2019) – House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota and a bipartisan delegation of Members of Congress met last week with President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil…
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Arllington, Virginia — U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) and the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) welcome today’s announcement by President Trump and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro that Brazil has agreed…