# Weekly global protein digest: Australia's beef herd recovering, HPAI, US dairy markets
						 | The Cattle Site

> USDA reports Australia's beef herd is rebuilding, with 2022 beef production forecast up 12% and exports up 13%. USDA also lowered Argentina's 2022 beef export forecast to 700,000 tonnes and cut its ending stocks due to drought and fires, and China's meat imports fell sharply in January and February.

- Date: 2022-03-11 · published 2022-03-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42221-weekly-global-protein-digest-australia-s-beef-herd-recovering-hpai-us-dairy
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Higher Australian beef exports add supply to global markets, while lower Argentine exports and weak Chinese imports shift global beef trade flows and price support.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: neutral
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2021-08-05 | [Introducing the World’s First Global Producer Price Indices for Beef Cattle and Sheep](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45512-introducing-the-world-s-first-global-producer-price-indices-for-beef-cattle-and.md) | +0.4% | +3.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-02-06 | [US cattle herd expansion ends \| Meat & Livestock Australia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54548-us-cattle-herd-expansion-ends-meat-and-livestock-australia.md) | -1.2% | -6.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-10-26 | [US Beef Demand Seen Falling in 2023 as Cattle Herd Continues to Shrink – The Van Trump Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39088-us-beef-demand-seen-falling-in-2023-as-cattle-herd-continues-to-shrink-the-van.md) | +0.7% | +1.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-11-06 | [Weekly Cattle Market Trends: Cash Prices, Feedlot Margins, and Packing Plant Utilization - Beef Web](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27543-weekly-cattle-market-trends-cash-prices-feedlot-margins-and-packing-plant.md) | -1.0% | +1.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-11-22 | [Cattle Current Weekly Highlights—Week ending Nov. 22, 2019 – Cattle Current Market Update](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7035-cattle-current-weekly-highlights-week-ending-nov-22-2019-cattle-current-market.md) | +1.1% | +2.9% |

## Sources

- thecattlesite.com: https://www.thecattlesite.com/news/58196/weekly-global-protein-digest-australias-beef-herd-recovering-hpai-us-dairy-markets

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