European beef, veal prices reach historic highs

Author: Alexandra Watts

European beef, veal prices reach historic highs

Europe
The price of European beef and veal is at historically high levels in the week to Thursday February 13, while a combination of factors, including generational changes in the agricultural sector, some cases of "blue tongue" disease and EU policies, continue to limit the number of animals being slaughtered.

As a result, the availability of items on the market has remained low over the past two weeks. Market participants report that some deliveries originally scheduled for the end of January had to...

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