# UNAIR veterinary expert offers solutions to increasing beef price issue – Unair News

> Indonesian beef prices have surged, which a veterinary expert at Universitas Airlangga attributes to Australia restricting live cattle exports to Indonesia while its herd recovers, and to Lumpy Skin Disease detected in Riau Province. He also flagged the risk of the disease spreading via insect vectors on livestock ships.

- Date: 2022-03-24 · published 2022-03-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Indonesia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42216-unair-veterinary-expert-offers-solutions-to-increasing-beef-price-issue-unair
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced Australian live cattle supply to Indonesia tightens feeder and beef supply in Southeast Asia, supporting higher regional beef prices and Australian cattle prices.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2024-12-13 | [USDA does not expect to resume Mexico cattle imports before holidays, chief veterinary officer says](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26907-usda-does-not-expect-to-resume-mexico-cattle-imports-before-holidays-chief.md) | +0.4% | +4.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-08-15 | [Rollins sets new steps to combat cattle pest, cites beef price concerns \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23283-rollins-sets-new-steps-to-combat-cattle-pest-cites-beef-price-concerns-agri.md) | +1.1% | -0.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-06-02 | [How flesh-eating screwworms in cattle could raise US beef prices \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24157-how-flesh-eating-screwworms-in-cattle-could-raise-us-beef-prices-reuters.md) | +3.1% | +3.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-09-03 | [Veterinarian outlines global disease threats including bird flu \| SA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15880-veterinarian-outlines-global-disease-threats-including-bird-flu-sa.md) | +1.3% | +2.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-10-05 | [SE Asia report: Encouraging trends as Indo prices gain strength - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62488-se-asia-report-encouraging-trends-as-indo-prices-gain-strength-beef-central.md) | -0.3% | +3.0% |
| FCATTLE | 2024-12-13 | [USDA does not expect to resume Mexico cattle imports before holidays, chief veterinary officer says](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26907-usda-does-not-expect-to-resume-mexico-cattle-imports-before-holidays-chief.md) | -1.5% | +5.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-08-15 | [Rollins sets new steps to combat cattle pest, cites beef price concerns \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23283-rollins-sets-new-steps-to-combat-cattle-pest-cites-beef-price-concerns-agri.md) | +4.7% | +2.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-06-02 | [How flesh-eating screwworms in cattle could raise US beef prices \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24157-how-flesh-eating-screwworms-in-cattle-could-raise-us-beef-prices-reuters.md) | +3.8% | +4.0% |

## Sources

- news.unair.ac.id: https://news.unair.ac.id/2022/03/24/unair-veterinary-expert-offers-solutions-to-increasing-beef-price-issue/

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