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Americas

BSE Aid Package
Canadian government gives $995 million to cattle ranchers to offset losses due to BSE diagnosis last May.

USA

Creekstone confident USDA will approve BSE testing
WASHINGTON, March 23 (Reuters) - Creekstone Farms Premium Beef said on Tuesday it was "very optimistic" the U.S. Agriculture Department would allow the meatpacker to test all of its slaughtered cattle for mad cow disease.

APHIS' Acord Has Reportedly Resigned His Post
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Administrator Bobby Acord reportedly has resigned his position at USDA, effective immediately, sources have confirmed to Pro Farmer Washington consultant Jim Wiesemeyer.

Trades see no fallout from Acord's abrupt exit
Officials from the American Meat Institute, the National Meat Association and the National Cattlemen's Beef Association said they do not think the Agriculture Department's leadership has been weakened by the sudden retirement Tuesday of Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator Bobby Acord.

Groups seek uniform North American BSE policy
The industry's leading trade associations have petitioned Canadian, Mexican andU.S. officials to begin discussions that might lead to a uniform North American bovine spongiform encephalopathy policy.

Klein: U.S. border to reopen to Canadian cattle in June
TheUnited States border will reopen to Canadian cattle imports by early summer, according to Alberta Premier Ralph Klein.

Organic Beef Shortage?
U.S. organic beef processors are finding it difficult to fill orders following the discovery of a cow infected with BSE.

Americas

BSE Aid Package
Canadian government gives $995 million to cattle ranchers to offset losses due to BSE diagnosis last May.

USA

Creekstone confident USDA will approve BSE testing
WASHINGTON, March 23 (Reuters) - Creekstone Farms Premium Beef said on Tuesday it was "very optimistic" the U.S. Agriculture Department would allow the meatpacker to test all of its slaughtered cattle for mad cow disease.

APHIS' Acord Has Reportedly Resigned His Post
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Administrator Bobby Acord reportedly has resigned his position at USDA, effective immediately, sources have confirmed to Pro Farmer Washington consultant Jim Wiesemeyer.

Trades see no fallout from Acord's abrupt exit
Officials from the American Meat Institute, the National Meat Association and the National Cattlemen's Beef Association said they do not think the Agriculture Department's leadership has been weakened by the sudden retirement Tuesday of Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator Bobby Acord.

Groups seek uniform North American BSE policy
The industry's leading trade associations have petitioned Canadian, Mexican andU.S. officials to begin discussions that might lead to a uniform North American bovine spongiform encephalopathy policy.

Klein: U.S. border to reopen to Canadian cattle in June
TheUnited States border will reopen to Canadian cattle imports by early summer, according to Alberta Premier Ralph Klein.

Organic Beef Shortage?
U.S. organic beef processors are finding it difficult to fill orders following the discovery of a cow infected with BSE.