# Poultry Litter – keep livestock away | Autumn 2023 | Sheep Notes newsletter | Newsletters | Support and resources | Agriculture Victoria

> Agriculture Victoria advises keeping ruminants away from poultry litter because it may contain restricted animal material linked to BSE and scrapie risk. It notes Brazil reported an atypical BSE case and temporarily suspended beef exports to China. The newsletter also flags the marketability and processing cost impacts on exposed livestock.

- Date: 2023-05-16 · published 2023-05-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Brazil · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/36076-poultry-litter-keep-livestock-away-autumn-2023-sheep-notes-newsletter
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

Brazil's suspension of beef exports to China removes some demand for beef and could weigh on cattle prices in the short term. Restrictions on rendered feed inputs may also affect meat and bone meal flows.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: neutral
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2017-03-14 | [Bans on poultry product imports bear watching by U.S. livestock producers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72134-bans-on-poultry-product-imports-bear-watching-by-u-s-livestock-producers.md) | +1.8% | +1.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-05-06 | [Foot-and-mouth disease detected in Indonesia; Australian livestock sector on alert - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41345-foot-and-mouth-disease-detected-in-indonesia-australian-livestock-sector-on.md) | -0.8% | -1.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-04-02 | [U.S. livestock: Hog futures drop to 3-1/2 year low - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6598-u-s-livestock-hog-futures-drop-to-3-1-2-year-low-grainews.md) | -5.8% | -13.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-05-16 | [Foot and mouth disease risks concern WA Livestock Exporters Association \| WA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41342-foot-and-mouth-disease-risks-concern-wa-livestock-exporters-association-wa.md) | -0.5% | -0.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-08-08 | [U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall hard, hogs mixed - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12276-u-s-livestock-cattle-futures-fall-hard-hogs-mixed-grainews.md) | -1.4% | -0.3% |

## Sources

- agriculture.vic.gov.au: https://agriculture.vic.gov.au/support-and-resources/newsletters/sheep-notes-newsletter/autumn-2023/poultry-litter-keep-livestock-away

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