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<blockquote data-quote="HDRider" data-source="post: 1720847" data-attributes="member: 17025"><p>I suspect this might drive our beef prices up</p><p></p><div style="margin-left: 20px">The latest monthly trade data shows that July imports of Mexican cattle were down 37.5 percent year over year. Mexican cattle imports for the first seven months of the year were down 18.7 percent compared to 2020. Preliminary weekly data from USDA-AMS through the end of August shows that year-to-date cattle imports are down 21.0 percent year over year.</div> <div style="margin-left: 20px"></div> <div style="margin-left: 20px">Mexican cattle imports are on pace for an annual total of 1.15 – 1.20 million head this year. Over the last 30 years, annual imports have averaged 1.1 million head although the average in the last decade has been a bit higher at 1.23 million head. In 2020, Mexican cattle imports totaled 1.44 million head, the highest total since 2012. Total imports last year were up 9.2 percent from 2019.</div> <div style="margin-left: 20px">[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.beefmagazine.com/beef/mexican-cattle-imports-decrease-2021[/URL]</div> <div style="margin-left: 20px"></div> <div style="margin-left: 20px">Canadian cattle exports for the first half of 2021 are down 23% compared to 2020 and 26% lower than the 5-year average,' says Jason Wood, livestock market analyst with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry. 'Year-to-date, Canadian cattle exports in 2021 are the lowest in about 15 years.</div> <div style="margin-left: 20px"></div> <div style="margin-left: 20px">Wood says the decline in cattle exports has been influenced by a number of factors. These include expansion of the U.S. cattle herd over a 6-year period starting in 2014. The US beef cow inventory increased by over 2.6 million head, reducing the need for imported live cattle. Since 2014, the Canadian beef cow herd has declined by 297,000 head, reducing the available supply of cattle for export. </div> <div style="margin-left: 20px">[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.alberta.ca/update-on-cattle-imports-and-exports.aspx[/URL]</div></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HDRider, post: 1720847, member: 17025"] I suspect this might drive our beef prices up [INDENT]The latest monthly trade data shows that July imports of Mexican cattle were down 37.5 percent year over year. Mexican cattle imports for the first seven months of the year were down 18.7 percent compared to 2020. Preliminary weekly data from USDA-AMS through the end of August shows that year-to-date cattle imports are down 21.0 percent year over year.[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]Mexican cattle imports are on pace for an annual total of 1.15 – 1.20 million head this year. Over the last 30 years, annual imports have averaged 1.1 million head although the average in the last decade has been a bit higher at 1.23 million head. In 2020, Mexican cattle imports totaled 1.44 million head, the highest total since 2012. Total imports last year were up 9.2 percent from 2019.[/INDENT] [INDENT][URL unfurl="true"]https://www.beefmagazine.com/beef/mexican-cattle-imports-decrease-2021[/URL][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]Canadian cattle exports for the first half of 2021 are down 23% compared to 2020 and 26% lower than the 5-year average,' says Jason Wood, livestock market analyst with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry. 'Year-to-date, Canadian cattle exports in 2021 are the lowest in about 15 years.[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]Wood says the decline in cattle exports has been influenced by a number of factors. These include expansion of the U.S. cattle herd over a 6-year period starting in 2014. The US beef cow inventory increased by over 2.6 million head, reducing the need for imported live cattle. Since 2014, the Canadian beef cow herd has declined by 297,000 head, reducing the available supply of cattle for export. [/INDENT] [INDENT][URL unfurl="true"]https://www.alberta.ca/update-on-cattle-imports-and-exports.aspx[/URL][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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