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Asia Pacific
E.Asia Grain-Buying seen slowing after heavy trade
TOKYO, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Grain buyers in East Asia, one of the largest export markets for the United States, will likely take a breather after last week's active trade fulfilled their near-term needs, traders said on Monday.
MLA sees Australian beef recovery in 2003
SYDNEY, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Australia's main meat marketing body predicted on Monday a modest recovery for the country's A$4 billion ($2.16 billion) a year beef export industry in 2003.
Report claims Australians choosing more chicken over beef
http://www.meatingplace.com/meatingplace/DailyNews/Index.asp
What is going on in Australia, a continent renown for its beef and lamb? A new study claims that Australia is becoming a nation of (gasp!) chicken eaters -- and that poultry could even out-sell red meat in the next decade.
3 Nippon Meat execs to retire on beef-labeling fraud
TOKYO, Aug. 26 Kyodo - Nippon Meat Packers Inc. said Monday its chairman and two vice chairmen will retire from the company to take responsibility for a beef-labeling fraud, retracting its earlier decision to give them honorary posts due to criticism from the public and the farm ministry.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will visit the United States to observe the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said Monday
Americas
Europe
U.S., Russia Resolve Trade Dispute Over Chicken Exports; Tyson to Benefit
The U.S. and Russia resolved a dispute over chicken exports that had blocked American producers from selling to their largest overseas market for six months, settling health concerns over the food, officials said.
USA
Tyson Foods to expand Tyson brand to beef, pork
SPRINGDALE, Ark., Aug 26 (Reuters) Tyson Foods Inc. <TSN.N>, the world's largest processor and marketer of beef, chicken and pork, said on Monday it will expand the Tyson brand to other meat products, replacing the Thomas E. Wilson brand on roasts and other further processed beef and pork products and case-ready pork.
Moving Beef
NCBA says some checkoff programs are positioned to provide 'an immediate impact on beef sales.'
Brawley Beef Joins Effort to Provide Consumers With Higher Quality Ground Beef P...
SureBeam Corporation (Nasdaq: SURE) -- innovator of the electron beam technology that safely removes dangerous bacteria from food -- announced today that Brawley Beef, LLC, whose state-of-the art facility processes beef grown in California and Arizona, has signed an exclusive multiyear agreement to evaluate the use of SureBeam's technology on its ground beef product line.
Tyson Foods, Inc. to Expand the Tyson Brand
Tyson Foods, Inc., (NYSE: TSN) the world's largest processor and marketer of beef, chicken and pork, has announced it will expand the use of the Tyson brand into other proteins and product categories.