# Beef Week attracts biosecurity commitment - Industry Queensland

> Prime Minister Scott Morrison, speaking at Beef Week 2021 in Rockhampton, detailed a biosecurity upgrade package for farming and grazing industries. The package includes $34.6 million for pest research, $19.5 million for pre-border screening trials and $96.8 million for an offshore treatment assurance program.

- Date: 2021-05-04 · published 2021-05-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47035-beef-week-attracts-biosecurity-commitment-industry-queensland
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Enhanced biosecurity protects Australia's $53 billion in agricultural exports and reduces the risk of disease shocks to livestock supply, a modest supportive factor for cattle prices.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2021-06-17 | [Explainer: How four big companies control the U.S. beef industry](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46714-explainer-how-four-big-companies-control-the-u-s-beef-industry.md) | +1.2% | +0.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-09-20 | [CME Reduces Price Limits In Cattle Contracts \| Industry News \| feedlotmagazine.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28436-cme-reduces-price-limits-in-cattle-contracts-industry-news-feedlotmagazine-com.md) | +1.7% | +3.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-07-30 | [Economists, Academics, Industry Agree: Supply, Demand, Labor, Economies of Scale  Drive Beef and Cattle Markets \| meatinstitute](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46207-economists-academics-industry-agree-supply-demand-labor-economies-of-scale.md) | +0.4% | +2.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-06-05 | [Cattle industry divided on negotiated cash cattle bill - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52751-cattle-industry-divided-on-negotiated-cash-cattle-bill-agweek-1-source-for.md) | -0.9% | -7.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-04-28 | [Cattle markets take center stage in ag committees](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41983-cattle-markets-take-center-stage-in-ag-committees.md) | -1.2% | -3.2% |

## Sources

- industryqld.com.au: https://industryqld.com.au/beef-week-attracts-biosecurity-commitment/

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