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Beef exports from Argentina generated $2.122 billion from January through September 2024, the highest revenue in 57 years. Sales totaled 699,987 tons, with the United States experiencing a 46% increase in beef imports from Argentina. There were also significant increases in shipments to Chile, Israel, the EU, Mexico, Brazil, Russia, Canada and Malaysia. Chilled beef

Lumpyskin has been found at a Korean beef farm in the Gunwi area of Daegu. This is the 18th case this year and the 6th case at a Korean beef farm. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, a positive case of Lumpyskin was confirmed at a Korean beef farm in Gunwi, Daegu on the 13th. The confirmed farm raises 59 Korean beef cattle. It was reported that during a telephone surveillance by the quarantine authorities on the 13th, suspicious symptoms such as skin nodules were found in two Korean beef cattle. The positive results were confirmed after a detailed examination. In order to prevent the spread of Lumpyskin, the quarantine authorities sent an initial quarantine team and an epidemiological investigation team to the confirmed farm and restricted the entry of outsiders, livestock, and vehicles into the farm. Following this, along with the epidemiological investigation, they plan to cull the infected cattle at the farm according to the emergency action guidelines (SOP). In addition, a ‘Temporary Standstill Order’ was issued for livestock-related facility workers and vehicles in six cities and counties, including Uiseong, Cheongsong, Yeongcheon, Chilgok, and Gumi in Gyeongbuk, and Dong-gu, Daegu, in addition to Gunwi. The period of the standstill is 36 hours, from 10 PM on Wednesday the 13th to 10 AM on Friday the 15th. In addition, while intensively disinfecting small farms and surrounding roads in these areas, the crisis alert for Gunwi and Dong-gu in Daegu, Cheongsong, Yeongcheon, and Chilgok in Gyeongbuk, which are the outbreak and neighboring areas, will be raised from ‘Caution’ to ‘Serious’ and emergency measures will be implemented. Uiseong and Gumi will maintain the previously issued crisis alert level of Serious. In Korea, Lumpyskin first occurred in Seosan, Chungcheongnam-do on October 19th of last year. Since then, 107 cases have been confirmed last year alone, with the last case being in Yecheon, Gyeongbuk on November 20th. This year, outbreaks occurred in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province on August 12, Icheon on August 31, Yanggu, Gangwon Province on September 11, Yeoju, Gyeonggi Province on September 18, Chungju, North Chungcheong Province on September 19, Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province on October 2, Yangyang, Gangwon Province on October 3, Goseong, Gangwon Province on October 4, Yangyang on October 10, Sangju, North Gyeongsang Province on October 19, Inje and Wonju, Gangwon Province on October 25, Dangjin, South Chungcheong Province, Mungyeong, North Gyeongsang Province on October 28, Chungju, North Chungcheong Province on October 29, and Anseong, Gyeonggi Province. There are a total of 6 outbreaks at Hanwoo farms, including Inje and Wonju, Gangwon Province (2 cases), Dangjin, South Chungcheong Province, and Mungyeong, North Gyeongsang Province. An official from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said, “Daegu

Ireland exported €2.7 billion worth of beef in 2023, up 2% from 2022. The beef industry is an integral part of Ireland's rural economy. Mercosur is a major market for EU exports and, to date, it is the only major trading partner of the EU in Latin America with which it has not signed a preferential trade agreement. According to official EU data, Mercosur is the world's fifth largest economy outside the EU. It has a population of over 260 million and an annual output value of over €2.2 trillion. EU companies export more than €45 billion in goods and more than €23 billion in services to Mercosur. More than 855,000 jobs in the EU are related to exports to Brazil, and more than 60,000 EU companies export to Brazil. EU companies are also major investors in Mercosur, and Mercosur companies are increasingly investing in the EU. Companies from Mercosur countries employ more than 30,000 people in the EU. More than 30,000 employees. Through the agreement, Mercosur will find it easier to export to the EU as long as they adhere to the EU's high standards. Regarding equal standards, the EU says: "All imported food must meet EU standards. EU rules apply to all products sold in the EU, whether domestically produced or imported." Brazilian beef can currently be purchased in the EU. But Brazil's production standards are a world away from those in Ireland, and this is unlikely to change in the short term. For example, growth hormones and growth-promoting antibiotics are allowed; meat and bone meal can be fed to cattle; there is no real traceability in the supply chain; and welfare and environmental regulations are completely inadequate compared to EU standards. If the EU really requires that "all imported food must meet EU standards," then all Brazilian beef imports must be suspended immediately. Brazil can continue to supply beef to its largest markets, China and the United States.