The US looks set to import more Australian beef as American herds continue to dwindle, while tariffs and disease threaten other top export nations.

US demand for Australian beef looks set to skyrocket as drought, disease and hefty tariffs hit other top cattle-producing countries.

Australia exported more than 43,000 tonnes of beef to the United States in July, the highest volume since October 2024, according to a Bendigo Bank Agribusiness commodity report released on Tuesday.

The extra demand came at the same time as the federal government announced it would allow imports of US beef that had been raised in Canada or Mexico but processed in America.

Australia had faced pressure from President Donald Trump to ease the restrictions on beef as it sought exemptions from wide-ranging tariffs.

As US herd numbers continued to dwindle due to drought in 2025, Americans have also been eating beef imported from Canada and Brazil.