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EU publishes short term outlook for beef and sheep meat

12 Oct 2016

• 12 Oct 11:56

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According to the EU Commission‘s latest Short Term Outlook report, net beef production this year is now forecast to increase almost three per cent on last year, driven by higher slaughterings, of mostly dairy cows, as the dairy sector continues to face market difficulties, and good export demand. Production in the first half of the year is already up by over three per cent, driven by a surge in volumes coming from Poland and an acceleration of female slaughterings in EU-15 countries during the April to June period. With the exception of Italy and Sweden, all EU counties have reported higher cow and heifer throughputs over this time period, compared to last year.. Read more...