Asia Pacific | Export HopesAn important step has been reached towards the re...
Export Hopes
An important step has been reached towards the re-opening of a key Asian market for Canadian beef, closed in 2003 when a bovine spongiform encephalopathy-infected cow was presented for slaughter at a Canadian processor.
Meat Quality Approval
Butchers across Australia have given a resounding vote of confidence in the quality of red meat going into stores according to results of a new survey released by Meat and Livestock Australia.
Europe
Different CJD strain raises new threat
Researchers from London's Medical Research Council's Prion Unit warn that heretofore undiscovered variations of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), the human form of BSE, may threaten people who were thought to be genetically resistant to the disease, according to a report in the journal Science.
Live Export Fight
Irish livestock producers have called for action to keep open live animal export markets.
Americas
Canadian hog producers unfairly benefit from Canadian subsidies
"Canadian hog producers unfairly benefit from huge subsidies that cause over-production in Canada and allow Canadian producers to sell their hogs in the United States at artificially low prices," said Jon Caspers, past National Pork Producers Council president and hog farmer from Swaledale, Iowa.
Sask Pork reports minimal impact from U.S. duty on Canadian live hog prices
Sask Pork predicts fairly stable live hog prices during the fourth quarter in Western Canada, in spite of the import duty on live Canadian hogs entering the U.S.
Swine producers encouraged to minimize the use of electric prods
Researchers at the Prairie Swine Centre are encouraging swine producers to consider upgrades to handling facilities that will allow them to minimize the use of electric prods.
USA
Too early to predict economic damage from rust, says Hurt
Asian soybean rust could hit farmers' pocketbooks hard and have repercussions for livestock producers and consumers, as well, said Chris Hurt, Purdue University agricultural economist.
LMA, others urge Congress not to repeal mandatory COOL
The Livestock Marketing Association has joined a coalition of livestock and farm groups that is urging Congress not to repeal mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) by replacing it with a voluntary program.
U.S. Agriculture secretary Ann Veneman resigns
U.S. agriculture secretary Ann Veneman has resigned from the position after four years, during which she was responsible for handling issues such as BSE and food security.
U.S. swine herd finally free of deadly virus
It's history in the making for the U.S. hog industry: For the first time ever, commercial swine herds in all 50 states are free of the dreaded Pseudorabies Virus, a disease that has haunted -- and shaped -- hog production the past 30 years.
Swift plant employees may strike in Greeley, Colorado
If the 2,300 workers at the Swift and Co. meat processing plant in Greeley turn down a contract proposal Saturday, there will be a strike. The Swift plant is the nation's second largest, supplying beef to grocery stores across the country.
Export Hopes
An important step has been reached towards the re-opening of a key Asian market for Canadian beef, closed in 2003 when a bovine spongiform encephalopathy-infected cow was presented for slaughter at a Canadian processor.
Meat Quality Approval
Butchers across Australia have given a resounding vote of confidence in the quality of red meat going into stores according to results of a new survey released by Meat and Livestock Australia.
Europe
Different CJD strain raises new threat
Researchers from London's Medical Research Council's Prion Unit warn that heretofore undiscovered variations of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), the human form of BSE, may threaten people who were thought to be genetically resistant to the disease, according to a report in the journal Science.
Live Export Fight
Irish livestock producers have called for action to keep open live animal export markets.
Americas
Canadian hog producers unfairly benefit from Canadian subsidies
"Canadian hog producers unfairly benefit from huge subsidies that cause over-production in Canada and allow Canadian producers to sell their hogs in the United States at artificially low prices," said Jon Caspers, past National Pork Producers Council president and hog farmer from Swaledale, Iowa.
Sask Pork reports minimal impact from U.S. duty on Canadian live hog prices
Sask Pork predicts fairly stable live hog prices during the fourth quarter in Western Canada, in spite of the import duty on live Canadian hogs entering the U.S.
Swine producers encouraged to minimize the use of electric prods
Researchers at the Prairie Swine Centre are encouraging swine producers to consider upgrades to handling facilities that will allow them to minimize the use of electric prods.
USA
Too early to predict economic damage from rust, says Hurt
Asian soybean rust could hit farmers' pocketbooks hard and have repercussions for livestock producers and consumers, as well, said Chris Hurt, Purdue University agricultural economist.
LMA, others urge Congress not to repeal mandatory COOL
The Livestock Marketing Association has joined a coalition of livestock and farm groups that is urging Congress not to repeal mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) by replacing it with a voluntary program.
U.S. Agriculture secretary Ann Veneman resigns
U.S. agriculture secretary Ann Veneman has resigned from the position after four years, during which she was responsible for handling issues such as BSE and food security.
U.S. swine herd finally free of deadly virus
It's history in the making for the U.S. hog industry: For the first time ever, commercial swine herds in all 50 states are free of the dreaded Pseudorabies Virus, a disease that has haunted -- and shaped -- hog production the past 30 years.
Swift plant employees may strike in Greeley, Colorado
If the 2,300 workers at the Swift and Co. meat processing plant in Greeley turn down a contract proposal Saturday, there will be a strike. The Swift plant is the nation's second largest, supplying beef to grocery stores across the country.