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Fewer Cattle Sold
The number of cattle sold at saleyards drops below five-year average.
Americas
Winnipeg pork plant expected reduce Canada U.S. trade friction
The Chair of Manitoba Pork Council is confident the announcement that Winnipeg will become home to a new 200 million dollar pork processing plant will go a long way toward reducing the likelihood of another US trade action against imported live Canadian swine.
Feeding technology to save beef industry millions November 2005
New technology which will help beef producers and cattle feeders identify breeding stock with the genetic potential to gain weight on less feed, could save the Canadian beef industry hundreds of millions of dollars per year, say researchers.
Europe
EU may lift UK beef export ban in early 2006
Britain could be selling beef on supermarket shelves across Europe early next year as its fellow EU states prepare to end a 10-year export ban imposed at the peak of the 1990s mad cow scare, officials said on Thursday.
USA
Meat industry supplier petitions FDA about carbon monoxide packaging
Kalsec Inc., a Kalamazoo, Mich. spice and extract supplier that specializes in case-ready meats, among other product categories, has petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to reconsider its decision to allow carbon monoxide in case-ready packaging.
Crowder nominated to be chief agriculture trade negotiator
Richard Crowder, a former USDA under secretary and industry trade official, has been nominated to replace Allen Johnson as chief agriculture trade negotiator. U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman applauded the nomination, saying that Crowder "has a long, impressive background dealing with agriculture issues.
Johnson wants to take USDA logo off imported beef
Supporters of country-of-origin labeling, delayed yet again until 2008, are proposing another tactic they say will ensure consumers can easily identify home-grown meat.
Senate bill would void delay in meat
Eleven farm-state senators from both political parties unveiled a bill on Thursday to require country-of-origin labels on packages of red meat beginning in autumn 2006, voiding a two-year delay approved by Congress earlier this month.
Fewer Cattle Sold
The number of cattle sold at saleyards drops below five-year average.
Americas
Winnipeg pork plant expected reduce Canada U.S. trade friction
The Chair of Manitoba Pork Council is confident the announcement that Winnipeg will become home to a new 200 million dollar pork processing plant will go a long way toward reducing the likelihood of another US trade action against imported live Canadian swine.
Feeding technology to save beef industry millions November 2005
New technology which will help beef producers and cattle feeders identify breeding stock with the genetic potential to gain weight on less feed, could save the Canadian beef industry hundreds of millions of dollars per year, say researchers.
Europe
EU may lift UK beef export ban in early 2006
Britain could be selling beef on supermarket shelves across Europe early next year as its fellow EU states prepare to end a 10-year export ban imposed at the peak of the 1990s mad cow scare, officials said on Thursday.
USA
Meat industry supplier petitions FDA about carbon monoxide packaging
Kalsec Inc., a Kalamazoo, Mich. spice and extract supplier that specializes in case-ready meats, among other product categories, has petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to reconsider its decision to allow carbon monoxide in case-ready packaging.
Crowder nominated to be chief agriculture trade negotiator
Richard Crowder, a former USDA under secretary and industry trade official, has been nominated to replace Allen Johnson as chief agriculture trade negotiator. U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman applauded the nomination, saying that Crowder "has a long, impressive background dealing with agriculture issues.
Johnson wants to take USDA logo off imported beef
Supporters of country-of-origin labeling, delayed yet again until 2008, are proposing another tactic they say will ensure consumers can easily identify home-grown meat.
Senate bill would void delay in meat
Eleven farm-state senators from both political parties unveiled a bill on Thursday to require country-of-origin labels on packages of red meat beginning in autumn 2006, voiding a two-year delay approved by Congress earlier this month.