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A foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Malawi's Shire Valley has led the government to ban cattle movement from the region, reducing beef supply and prompting retailers to raise prices. Officials expect the ban could be lifted in two to three weeks after surveillance.
Localized animal disease restricting cattle movement in Malawi has little bearing on global feed or livestock benchmarks, though it highlights disease risk in African livestock markets.
archive.times.mwSep 27, 2017After 356 past disease events, Live Cattle moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (54% higher; middle half -0.8% to +1.1%), and +1.1% over 20.
After 266 past disease events, Feeder Cattle moved a median +0.5% over 5 sessions (59% higher; middle half -1.1% to +1.7%), and +1.7% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
