# N. American beef leaders urge disease vigilance | The Western Producer

> Industry leaders from the US, Canada and Mexico called for better protection against foot-and-mouth disease and BSE. The US cattlemen's president challenged Brazil's BSE testing capacity and compliance with WOAH standards. The remarks were made at the Canadian Beef Industry Conference on August 16.

- Date: 2023-08-31 · published 2023-08-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region North America · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/34507-n-american-beef-leaders-urge-disease-vigilance-the-western-producer
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Disease risk and trade-access disputes can shift beef export flows and cattle prices across North America. The panel is advocacy rather than a new event, so the price effect is small.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2023-03-16 | [More action urged on foot-and-mouth \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36800-more-action-urged-on-foot-and-mouth-the-western-producer.md) | -0.1% | +6.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-07-21 | [China bans cattle imports from Laos to prevent skin disease
						 \| The Beef Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46009-china-bans-cattle-imports-from-laos-to-prevent-skin-disease-the-beef-site.md) | +0.5% | +1.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-02-25 | [Australian biosecurity working to protect cattle from lumpy skin disease - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42656-australian-biosecurity-working-to-protect-cattle-from-lumpy-skin-disease-beef.md) | -0.5% | -1.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-01-10 | ['Foot-and-mouth disease won't affect Namibia' - The Namibian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61043-foot-and-mouth-disease-won-t-affect-namibia-the-namibian.md) | +1.7% | +1.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-02-04 | [PH bans live cattle imports from Thailand, 3 others over lumpy skin disease fears](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31627-ph-bans-live-cattle-imports-from-thailand-3-others-over-lumpy-skin-disease-fears.md) | +1.8% | +4.3% |

## Sources

- producer.com: https://www.producer.com/livestock/n-american-beef-leaders-urge-disease-vigilance/

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