The Global Livestock Report

Texas, the state responsible for the largest share of U.S. beef production, believes conditions are already in place to reopen the border to Mexican cattle imports and is urging that trade to resume “as soon as possible.”

More than a dozen Republican members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer expressing concern about the Trump administration’s plan to increase imports of Argentine beef.

Frigorífico Concepción carried out the first shipment of Paraguayan meat products to the Republic of the Philippines, marking a new milestone for Paraguay’s livestock industry and consolidating its expansion strategy in the Asian market.

Sheep slaughter kept increasing last week. INAC reported 29,410 head processed in the week ending November 1, 1,240 more than the previous week and over 7,000 (+32%) above the same week last year. Lambs totaled 17,321, 59% of the total.

Cattle slaughter fell by around 3,000 head last week despite being within the active 481-quota window, which typically brings strong industrial activity with steers and heifers.

Zimmer, a meat plant with more than 50 years in the Rio Grande do Sul meat industry, has filed for judicial recovery with the Regional Business Court of Caxias do Sul, citing debts totaling R$ 75 million, reported Estadão.