Prices in the international beef market were mostly positive this week.

When it comes to crafting high quality baleage, producers tend to hone in on maturity and moisture content.

In the local beef market this week, prices remained fairly stable; constrained consumer spending power has capped any increases in the lamb and mutton market; the pork market is starting to show small gains; and poultry prices are stable.

The virus was only discovered in South Korea recently, and there was speculation it arrived via pigs crossing the heavily-guarded DMZ.

The revenue of the chicken egg market in Eastern Europe amounted to $9.7B in 2018, surging by 6.6% against the previous year.

Cattle producers are under pressure due to issues such as drought and decreasing profit margins; the current price of feeder lambs is 22.9% lower than prices were a year ago; local pork prices were negative this week; and consumers are under resistant to increased poultry prices.