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While EU beef and carcass prices have soared since 2021, the structural unprofitability of the beef sector has been further exacerbated by high energy prices, high interest rates, labor shortages, and the lack of generational successors for the farm, according to a recent US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report. As earlier outlined in the Semi-annual, new EU regulations are creating investment uncertainties for farmers, especially those related to the Green Deal, the Veterinary Medicine Legislation, and the new EU Animal Welfare Legislative Roadmap (for more information see the Policy section of this report). The continuous flow of new requirements imposed by the European Commission (EC) are requiring financial investments and a change of farm management, pressing profit margins even further. Pressure is not only exerted by the EC but also by private actors. In Germany, for instance several big retailers are participating in a volunta

The district veterinary office and local authorities in Brandenburg do not feel guilty for the deaths of 69 pregnant cows that were stranded on the Turkish border. They blame flawed federal regulations that do not take into account the epizootic situation in the export of animals.

Beef cattle - The commercial climate is tense with manufacturers still taking advantage of the shift in dairy cow releases to the fall, after the summer lull. This increase in supply is accentuating seasonal pressure from manufacturers. Other European countries are not in this pattern with more balanced markets. A year ago, Poland was invading Europe with its meat (a consequence of the war in Ukraine), but the reestablishment of diplomatic relations with Turkey has put Poland back as the main meat supplier for a country with a large deficit. The reduction in flows to our traditional customers has reshuffled the cards, and given new vigor, particularly to the production of young cattle.