# Beef scarcity to continue – Archives

> 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.

- Date: 2017-09-27 · published 2017-09-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Malawi · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68907-beef-scarcity-to-continue-archives
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

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.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2022-08-17 | [SE Asia Report: FMD continues to spread in Indo - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39976-se-asia-report-fmd-continues-to-spread-in-indo-beef-central.md) | +1.0% | +0.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-03-02 | [Pressure to Stop Importing Brazilian Beef After Mad Cow Case Confirmed](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36796-pressure-to-stop-importing-brazilian-beef-after-mad-cow-case-confirmed.md) | +0.5% | +0.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-02-27 | [Sentinel herd to be established in Timor-Leste - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72434-sentinel-herd-to-be-established-in-timor-leste-beef-central.md) | -1.3% | +3.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-06-25 | [The screwworm parasite continues to spread in Texas, threatening cattle and wildlife : NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18767-the-screwworm-parasite-continues-to-spread-in-texas-threatening-cattle-and.md) | -2.9% | -10.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-09-10 | [Screwworm Is Down to One Active Case. USDA Still Forecasts Beef Up 9.8%.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17423-screwworm-is-down-to-one-active-case-usda-still-forecasts-beef-up-9-8.md) | +1.5% | +1.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2023-03-02 | [Pressure to Stop Importing Brazilian Beef After Mad Cow Case Confirmed](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36796-pressure-to-stop-importing-brazilian-beef-after-mad-cow-case-confirmed.md) | +2.9% | +1.7% |
| FCATTLE | 2017-02-27 | [Sentinel herd to be established in Timor-Leste - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72434-sentinel-herd-to-be-established-in-timor-leste-beef-central.md) | +2.1% | +9.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-06-25 | [The screwworm parasite continues to spread in Texas, threatening cattle and wildlife : NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18767-the-screwworm-parasite-continues-to-spread-in-texas-threatening-cattle-and.md) | -2.4% | -7.8% |

## Sources

- archive.times.mw: https://archive.times.mw/index.php/2017/09/27/beef-scarcity-to-continue/

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