The profitability of pork production will be under pressure from April to June due to increased animal feed prices.

African Swine Fever spreads through China.

In the US beef market this week, price movements were mostly negative and trade of US beef contracts was sluggish. The market is hopeful that increaseddemand levels will provide support for the market and prevent prices from slipping further.

I was recently made aware of this article by author, George Monbiot, damning organic, pasture-fed beef and lamb as the world’s most damaging farm products.

A meal or food shopping experience gains significance when you hear the story about how, and where the food was produced and how the region, and culture, shaped the identity of the product. In our minds these backstories enhance, and nuance, the shopping or tasting experiences.