VOL. 19, NO. 1 / WINTER 2024 / URNER BARRY'S REPORTER • 3
VOLUME 19 | NUMBER 1 | WINTER 2024 | QUARTERLY
CONTENTS
20GAUGING BEEF AND PORK
SUPPLIES IN 2024
30ECUADOR SHRIMP SUPPLY
GROWTH PUTTING PRESSURE ON
OTHER PRODUCING COUNTRIES
8TWO YEARS IN:
RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR'S IMPACT
ON THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETPLACE
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62FAREWELL
REPORTER MAGAZINE
Main ingredients News bites A la carte
6 New research "illuminates" the
future of poultry production
10 Innovative marketing strategies in
the seafood industry
22 Bird flu, strong retail demand
send egg prices soaring… but will
consumers see it?
26 After decade-old WTO fight, India
cuts frozen turkey, duck tariffs
28 The landscape of the U.S.
lamb market
34 Peso-dollar exchange rate impact
on Mexico's bone-in ham pricing
40 Factors that shaped the Mexican
beef market in 2023
5 Restaurant employment
makes long journey back to
pre-COVID levels
24 One Australian company expands
from abalone to underwater wine
36 What the food industry will be
watching in 2024
38 Tariffs loom based on alleged
dumping of Chinese pea protein
into the U.S.
44 The difficult road to cage-free
eggs in the EU
48 Animal nutrition industry
executives discuss factors
impacting animal protein
consumption
50 UK beef imports and exports
down on weak demand
12 The evolving campaigns for
marketing pork
14 Weather's impact on the plate
18 The intriguing world of
canned pink salmon
32 Quick bites
42 The growing tides of seaweed
farming in the U.S.
46 PFAS: What are they and why are
they important?
52 Urner Barry's Global Protein
Summit returns to Chicago
54 Industry triumphs!!
56 FLOTUS egg farm visit a
breakthrough for eggs
58 BEEF BASH '23: A recap and
insider look at one of the beef
industry's premier events