All the data suggests that consumers do not care where their beef comes from. There is nothing keeping retailers from voluntarily labeling beef as to country of origin now but the market is not demanding it and is not willing to pay for it.
The impression on this side of the border is MCOOL is more about keeping out Canadian beef than South American beef.
The five main consumers for Brazilian beef exports are: the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Chile, the U.S. and Russia. Egypt, Germany, Iran, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, the European Union 15 are also important markets. The most significant growth markets for Brazilian beef have been Russia and Egypt. Brazilian beef exports continued to be hampered by foot and mouth disease. Brazil plans to push its own rapidly expanding beef exports further into Asian markets, including Japan.
According to http://beef-mag.com/mag/beef_brazil_looks_north/
Production costs are a third to half of what American ranchers face. Brazil's costs are better compared to Australia's grass-fed beef system, but even then, Brazil wins out — at a 15% lower cost of production.
About 90% of all market cattle are sold directly to Brazilian slaughterhouses, the majority of which are small and inefficient by U.S. standards. In Paraná, for example, 33 facilities kill an average of 200 head/day. Another 81 kill 60 head/day. Paraná also has some larger “conglomerate” slaughterhouses — but they're few and far between.
Beef farmer Edson Gaudêncio, Santo Antonio, Paraná, says this packing structure catches most Brazilians between a rock and a hard place.
“With the small slaughterhouses, you never know when you will get paid,” he says. Cattle checks often take more than a month to be delivered. “And the bigger slaughterhouses that can guarantee payment sometimes form cartels to develop one price among them,” he adds.
The impression on this side of the border is MCOOL is more about keeping out Canadian beef than South American beef.
The five main consumers for Brazilian beef exports are: the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Chile, the U.S. and Russia. Egypt, Germany, Iran, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, the European Union 15 are also important markets. The most significant growth markets for Brazilian beef have been Russia and Egypt. Brazilian beef exports continued to be hampered by foot and mouth disease. Brazil plans to push its own rapidly expanding beef exports further into Asian markets, including Japan.
According to http://beef-mag.com/mag/beef_brazil_looks_north/
Production costs are a third to half of what American ranchers face. Brazil's costs are better compared to Australia's grass-fed beef system, but even then, Brazil wins out — at a 15% lower cost of production.
About 90% of all market cattle are sold directly to Brazilian slaughterhouses, the majority of which are small and inefficient by U.S. standards. In Paraná, for example, 33 facilities kill an average of 200 head/day. Another 81 kill 60 head/day. Paraná also has some larger “conglomerate” slaughterhouses — but they're few and far between.
Beef farmer Edson Gaudêncio, Santo Antonio, Paraná, says this packing structure catches most Brazilians between a rock and a hard place.
“With the small slaughterhouses, you never know when you will get paid,” he says. Cattle checks often take more than a month to be delivered. “And the bigger slaughterhouses that can guarantee payment sometimes form cartels to develop one price among them,” he adds.
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