# Foot-and-mouth disease Australia: what is FMD and what happens if it enters the country? | Agriculture | The Guardian

> The Guardian explains what a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak would mean for Australia, where farms are widely spaced and beef is the largest agricultural export with 70% sold overseas. Analysts say an outbreak could halt exports and push more meat and milk onto the domestic market.

- Date: 2022-08-04 · published 2022-08-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/39974-foot-and-mouth-disease-australia-what-is-fmd-and-what-happens-if-it-enters-the
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

An Australian FMD case would shut export markets, lowering export beef and live cattle prices while raising domestic supply, a risk worth watching for global beef and cattle pricing.

## Read by commodity

- MILK: neutral
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2023-07-31 | [Indonesia says cattle that arrived from Australia have lumpy skin disease. So what is it and why does it matter? - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35000-indonesia-says-cattle-that-arrived-from-australia-have-lumpy-skin-disease-so.md) | +0.4% | +0.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-10-08 | [NCBA Expresses Concern About Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreak in Africa](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50589-ncba-expresses-concern-about-foot-and-mouth-disease-outbreak-in-africa.md) | -0.3% | -2.4% |
| 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 | 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% |
| MILK | 2025-03-12 | [Bird Flu's Varied Impacts on Egg and Milk Markets \| College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25604-bird-flu-s-varied-impacts-on-egg-and-milk-markets-college-of-agricultural-and.md) | -0.2% | -7.2% |
| MILK | 2026-03-20 | [Why We Must Vaccinate US Dairy Cattle Against HPAI H5N1 \| The Journal of Infectious Diseases \| Oxford Academic](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15928-why-we-must-vaccinate-us-dairy-cattle-against-hpai-h5n1-the-journal-of.md) | +0.1% | +4.5% |
| MILK | 2024-04-03 | [Bird flu outbreak in the US. What to know \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16104-bird-flu-outbreak-in-the-us-what-to-know-ap-news.md) | -4.7% | -5.0% |

## Sources

- theguardian.com: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jul/15/what-is-foot-and-mouth-disease-and-what-happens-if-it-enters-australia

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