date:Jul 03, 2014
ercent year-over-year on the back of dry conditions. As a result, boxed-beef exports have reached record levels throughout the first five months of 2014. Both the short- and medium-term outlook for supplies and prices is heavily dependent on rainfall.
Brazil The Brazilian beef market was tested In Q2 2014 by the discovery of a new atypical case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Mato Grosso plus the growth in production costs. While early reporting of BSE allowed Brazil to keep its