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.

Oversupply is putting pressure on poultry prices in many global markets, according to the latest report from Rabobank