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Asia Pacific
AUSTRALIA: Australia may widen sources of pig meat imports
Australia is to allow imports of pig meat from a greater number of countries under strict import regulations, the government has said.
Chinese province predicts 37 percent increase in pork exports
Pork exports for 2004 are expected to exceed 100,000 tons — worth about $130 million — for the Sichuan province of China, according to China's Provincial Bureau of Commerce.
Export Alternative
Australians are finding that Japanese consumers are eating more lamb as beef and poultry shortages loom.
Americas
Pork Subsidies Charged
Trade commission rules that live pig imports from Canada are damaging the U.S. pork industry.
Europe
UPDATE 4-EU pledges to scrap billions in farm subsidies
KILLARNEY, Ireland, May 10 (Reuters) - The European Union pledged on Monday to end billions of dollars of support for agricultural exports in a bid to unlock world trade talks if the United States and other big farm spenders took similar steps.
USA
Creekstone may ask Japan to test for mad cow in US
WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - Creekstone Farms Premium Beef, a small Kansas meatpacker, has offered to allow Japanese officials to test U.S. cattle for mad cow disease in order to resume beef sales overseas, the company's chief executive said on Friday.
US Agriculture Secretary blames miscommunication for BSE test failure
US Agriculture Secretary Anne Veneman has blamed miscommunication for USDA's failure to test a cow for BSE in Texas, which displayed possible nervous system problems
Cattle Prices Are Soaring Back to Pre-BSE-Scare Levels
Live cattle prices reached $91 per hundredweight this week, the same level cattle were selling during the record high times before the bovine spongiform encephalopathy outbreak in Washington state in December.
Secretary Ann M. Veneman makes remarks at the Ministerial on Science and Technology to Increase Agricultural Productivity.
Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) are co-hosting a Ministerial Conference on Science and Technology to Increase Agricultural Productivity
Asia Pacific
AUSTRALIA: Australia may widen sources of pig meat imports
Australia is to allow imports of pig meat from a greater number of countries under strict import regulations, the government has said.
Chinese province predicts 37 percent increase in pork exports
Pork exports for 2004 are expected to exceed 100,000 tons — worth about $130 million — for the Sichuan province of China, according to China's Provincial Bureau of Commerce.
Export Alternative
Australians are finding that Japanese consumers are eating more lamb as beef and poultry shortages loom.
Americas
Pork Subsidies Charged
Trade commission rules that live pig imports from Canada are damaging the U.S. pork industry.
Europe
UPDATE 4-EU pledges to scrap billions in farm subsidies
KILLARNEY, Ireland, May 10 (Reuters) - The European Union pledged on Monday to end billions of dollars of support for agricultural exports in a bid to unlock world trade talks if the United States and other big farm spenders took similar steps.
USA
Creekstone may ask Japan to test for mad cow in US
WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - Creekstone Farms Premium Beef, a small Kansas meatpacker, has offered to allow Japanese officials to test U.S. cattle for mad cow disease in order to resume beef sales overseas, the company's chief executive said on Friday.
US Agriculture Secretary blames miscommunication for BSE test failure
US Agriculture Secretary Anne Veneman has blamed miscommunication for USDA's failure to test a cow for BSE in Texas, which displayed possible nervous system problems
Cattle Prices Are Soaring Back to Pre-BSE-Scare Levels
Live cattle prices reached $91 per hundredweight this week, the same level cattle were selling during the record high times before the bovine spongiform encephalopathy outbreak in Washington state in December.
Secretary Ann M. Veneman makes remarks at the Ministerial on Science and Technology to Increase Agricultural Productivity.
Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) are co-hosting a Ministerial Conference on Science and Technology to Increase Agricultural Productivity