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Australia Looks for Decision on US Beef Quotashttp://library.northernlight.com/FF20020513650000052.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0
As Japan is hit by another health scare over mad cow disease fear, the Australian beef industry will be looking for a government decision on American beef quotas.
South Korea confident it can contain foot-and-mouth
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020514/wl_asia_nm/asia_105011_5
South Korea said on Tuesday it was confident it could contain an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in pigs just weeks before the World Cup soccer finals as the slaughter of more than 100,000 animals proceeded.
Japanese vet found dead after mad cow failure
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020514/wl_asia_nm/asia_105000_2A Japanese veterinarian who failed to diagnose mad cow disease in a sick dairy cow has apparently committed suicide, health officials said on Tuesday, a day after Japan confirmed its fourth case of the brain-wasting disease.
Gov't may target cows born in 1996 for intensified BSE tests
http://home.kyodo.co.jp/all/display3para.jsp?an=20020514105&cate=
Tokyo, May 14 Kyodo - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tsutomu Takebe said Tuesday the government may conduct intensified screening of cows born in 1996 for mad cow disease because all four cows found so far in Japan to have been infected with the disease were born in that year.
Japan's Top Economic Ministers Optimistic Worst of Recession May Be Over
Japan's top economic ministers are increasingly optimistic the worst of the nation's 18-month recession is over. Free trade deal worth pursuing - Blight
http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/stories/s555233.htm
One man who thinks Australia should continue to pursue a free trade agreement with the US is agricultural.
Americas
Brazil to join attack on US farm law at WTO-Ag Minhttp://www.agriculture.com/worldwide/IDS/2002-05-14T133743Z_01_N14190101_RTRIDST_0_TRADE-BRAZIL-PRATINI.html
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, May 14 (Reuters) - Brazil's Agriculture Minister Marcus Vinicius Pratini de Moraes said on Tuesday that the Latin American commodity giant would join other farm exporting countries in complaining to the world trade watchdog about the new U.S. farm subsidy law.
Europe / Russia / Middle-East
U.S., Russia Agree on Treaty to Cut Nuclear Weapons Stockpile, Bush Says
http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?T=uspolitics_news.ht&s=APOAEHRSWVS5TLiwgThe U.S. and Russia will sign a treaty to ``substantially' reduce each nation's stockpile of nuclear weapons, President George W. Bush said. UK farmers urge World Cup fans not to reimport FMD
http://www.agriculture.com/worldwide/IDS/2002-05-14T135329Z_01_L14155058_RTRIDST_0_SPORT-SOCCER-WORLD-BRITAIN-DISEASE.html
LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - English farmers, just over a devastating bout of foot-and-mouth disease, on Tuesday urged World Cup soccer fans to avoid bringing the contagious livestock ailment back from trips to stricken South Korea.
Laura Bush begins solo European tour
http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/05/13/first.lady.trip/index.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Laura Bush, a onetime librarian from Texas who married into a politically ambitious family, embarked on her first overseas tour as first lady Monday, heading to Europe to make her mark on the world stage.
USA
Bush Signs Bill Providing Big Farm Subsidy Increaseshttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11478-2002May13.html
President Bush, setting aside his rhetorical devotion to free markets, signed a farm bill today that will shower billions of dollars in new subsidies on bread-basket states that will help determine control of Congress in November's elections.
Senate Proposal Snags Bush's Bid For Trade Powers
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11709-2002May13.html
Less than a week after the Senate broke a major impasse threatening the administration's trade bill, President Bush faces a new struggle over how much authority he should have to negotiate trade agreements without the risk of congressional rewrites.
Farmland Industries names new president and CEO
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The Farmland Industries board of directors named Robert B. Terry, 45, as new president and CEO, according to a new release.
NCBA officials on hand at signing of the Farm Bill [PHOTO]
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Representing NCBA at the White House signing ceremony was Wythe Willey, association president, his wife, Susan, and several members of the NCBA staff. The Willeys stood behind President George Bush during opening remarks and the signing of the bill, and Wythe savored the moment.
Oil World sees rising U.S. soyoil exports soon
http://www.agriculture.com/worldwide/IDS/2002-05-14T132725Z_01_L13501024_RTRIDST_0_FOOD-OILSEEDS-US.html
HAMBURG, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. soyoil exports are likely to increase in coming weeks as South American producers are unable to meet strong global demand, Hamburg-based newsletter Oil World said.
Case-ready Meat Processing Moves Forward
http://directag.com/directag/news/article.jhtml?article_id=1006914
Packaging atmosphere to preserve color and extend quality may hold keys.
Lamb Check-off
http://www.meatnews.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Article&artNum=3218
USDA plans meeting in Denver on lamb check-off programme for development and promotion.