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Australian livestock exports to rise 2.1 percent
Exports of Australian beef and lamb will rise slightly next year, by 2.1 percent, to $13 billion (Australian), according to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE).
Output to Rise
The Russian Ministry of Agriculture wants to reduce the share of imported meat and meat products on the domestic market by 20 percent by 2010, according to reports from A&G News.
Europe
Danish pack workers strike
About 3,000 Danish slaughterhouse workers went on strike Tuesday to voice their fears about salary cuts after some of their colleagues accepted a 15-percent pay reduction.
Tracking Outbreaks
A British government Internet site has brought the nation's animal disease surveillance information together for the first time.
Americas
Cuba opens to Canadian beef
The Government of Canada today announced that Cuba has agreed to re-open its border to a broad range of Canadian beef products.
USA
U.S. Pork exports set new record for 2004 with October statistics
U.S. pork (including variety meat) exports have already broken the record set in 2003, even though only statistics from the first ten months of 2004 are in.
PTAC cites USDA figures in case against duties on live swine
The Pork Trade Action Coalition (PTAC) on Friday called on the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and other US pork producers to end their antidumping case against live swine imports from Canada, citing record high U.S. hog prices announced by USDA last week.
Mad cow prion study results
A new study from the Department of Pathology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine shows that the infectious version of prion proteins, the main culprits behind the human form of mad cow disease or variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), are not destroyed by digestive enzymes found in the stomach.
NCBA optimistic on check off
National Cattlemen's Beef Association President Jan Lyons told Iowa cattle producers last week that she's optimistic the beef checkoff will be upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Australian livestock exports to rise 2.1 percent
Exports of Australian beef and lamb will rise slightly next year, by 2.1 percent, to $13 billion (Australian), according to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE).
Output to Rise
The Russian Ministry of Agriculture wants to reduce the share of imported meat and meat products on the domestic market by 20 percent by 2010, according to reports from A&G News.
Europe
Danish pack workers strike
About 3,000 Danish slaughterhouse workers went on strike Tuesday to voice their fears about salary cuts after some of their colleagues accepted a 15-percent pay reduction.
Tracking Outbreaks
A British government Internet site has brought the nation's animal disease surveillance information together for the first time.
Americas
Cuba opens to Canadian beef
The Government of Canada today announced that Cuba has agreed to re-open its border to a broad range of Canadian beef products.
USA
U.S. Pork exports set new record for 2004 with October statistics
U.S. pork (including variety meat) exports have already broken the record set in 2003, even though only statistics from the first ten months of 2004 are in.
PTAC cites USDA figures in case against duties on live swine
The Pork Trade Action Coalition (PTAC) on Friday called on the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and other US pork producers to end their antidumping case against live swine imports from Canada, citing record high U.S. hog prices announced by USDA last week.
Mad cow prion study results
A new study from the Department of Pathology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine shows that the infectious version of prion proteins, the main culprits behind the human form of mad cow disease or variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), are not destroyed by digestive enzymes found in the stomach.
NCBA optimistic on check off
National Cattlemen's Beef Association President Jan Lyons told Iowa cattle producers last week that she's optimistic the beef checkoff will be upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.