TheBeefSite Latest News: Chile
13 August 2020

Chile’s Senate has approved a free trade agreement with Brazil, cementing the long-standing economic relationship between the two countries....
17 January 2018

CHILE - Working to promote US red meat in Chile, USMEF conducted a weeklong series of promotions to introduce importers in the market to new applications for US cuts and new ideas for restaurant and foodservice menus....
28 January 2016

CHILE - Claudia Carbonell, director of the Office of Agricultural Studies and Policies (PASO) reported that beef exports in 2015 were worth $31 million, an increase of 121 per cent compared to 2014....
16 January 2015

CHILE – Chile’s agriculture industry is getting to grips with a feral dog problem responsible for 50 per cent of livestock attacks nationally....
25 November 2014

CHILE – Meat imports rose last month as meat production tightened in Chile, says a ministry report....
13 November 2014

CHILE – An agreement opening up beef and live heifer exports to China represents a “huge opportunity” for Chile’s beef and dairy farmers, says the government....
30 October 2014

CHILE – Chilean government officials have committed to improving animal health standards, starting with a national symposium on controlling bovine tuberculosis....
07 October 2014

CHILE – Cattle of a rural community of south central Chile are being vaccinated under a national brucellosis eradication programme....
19 August 2014

CHILE – Chile’s beef year has been characterised by more beef and lower prices, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Agriculture (ODEPA)....
28 March 2014

CHILE – A dry forage season has preceded higher cattle slaughter through the first quarter of 2014, the Ministry of Agriculture (ODEPA) has announced....
20 December 2013

CHILE – Animal health and food safety officials met in Temcuco, Araucania, on Wednesday, in the latest instalment of National Bovine Tuberculosis training to run in the country....
17 December 2013

CHILE – Efforts to eradicate bovine tuberculosis in the centre of the country must strengthen, a leading veterinarian and disease campaign leader has urged....
14 November 2013

CHILE – Agricultural ministers are hoping to capitalise on improvements in meat traceability by opening up trade with the European Union....
16 September 2013
11 September 2013

CHILE – Cattle prices recovered in July to bridge the gap between last year’s values, a ministry report has revealed. ...
06 September 2013

CHILE - From the 1 September 2013, all cattle and buffaloes born from that date, should be identified with the Official Individual Identification Device (Diio) and with radio frequency (RFID), within six months or prior to leaving the farm of origin....
15 August 2013

CHILE – Beef productivity has increased through the first half of 2013, ministry export figures show. ...
13 June 2013

CHILE – A mission has been sent to inspect meat processing facilities in Paraguay with a view to opening up greater amounts of beef to Chile....

CHILE - Agriculture is an important driver for Chile’s economy. Chile’s annual agricultural exports over the last four years have consistently surpassed $8 billion, representing six per cent of the country’s GDP. ...
09 May 2013

CHILE - Ministry testing of 67 cattle used on small cheese producing farms in the Biobio region has been imposed to safeguard consumers from zoonotic diseases....
12 April 2013

CHILEChilean beef imports in the first two months of 2013 increased 60 per cent year-on-year, to 21,681 tonnes swt, according to figures from ODEPA, the Chilean Agriculture Department. ...
08 March 2013

CHILE – A week after regions in Argentina were given ‘good animal health condition’ approval from the World Animal Health Organisation (OIE), the Coquimbo and Calingasta regions have also been given foot and mouth disease (FMD) clearance without...
29 January 2013

CHILE – Tuberculosis eradication efforts are being stepped up in Los Lagos by the Secretary of Agriculture, Alvaro Cruzat. ...
23 January 2013

CHILE – Following years of intense negotiations, the first shipment of beef has been exported to South Korea from Araucania, sparking debate about future possibilities for the region and country as a whole. ...
11 January 2013

CHILE - Brazilian beef will continue to be imported to Chile after the government reacted to official recognition from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) stated that the Brazilian beef safety status will not be altered from its ‘negligible’...
05 December 2012

CHILE - So far this year (January to September) meat production in Chile has risen but exports have fluctuated with exports of beef down on last year but pork exports up. This bulletin contains detailed figures for meat production from the Chilean Ministry...
19 November 2012

CHILE - As part of a national Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) monitoring programme the Agriculture and Livestock Service (ALS) of Choapa province are testing cattle to assess whether the disease is present in the region....
12 November 2012

CHILE - Competitiveness and quality was the byword of a meeting between farmers and the Livestock and Agriculture Service (LAS> focusing on disease control in cattle. ...