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Asia Pacific

Hong Kong to vaccinate piglets for Japanese encephalitis
Hong Kong health chief said yesterday piglets will be vaccinated next spring to prevent the possible spread of Japanese encephalitis.

Beef Quota
The short-term outlook for Australian 90CL into the U.S. market remains buoyant, with prices to remain close to, or above, the highs this year.

Europe

Cattle, hog numbers fall in Ukraine
As of December 1, 2004 the number of cattle, kept by all categories of Ukrainian cattle breeders, dropped 9.8 percent to 7.4 million heads from the figure of year ago, according to State Statistics Committee.

Americas

2005 Identified as critical for establishing national identification and traceability
The Canadian Pork Council says 2005 will be a critical year for forwarding efforts aimed at establishing a national livestock identification and traceability system.

Feed law changes
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency proposed key amendments to federal regulations that it said will strengthen existing animal feed controls, a CFIA release said.

USA

USDA issues status report on Canadian border; NMA blasts R-CALF's 'delaying tactic'
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday night issued a statement that its final rule on minimal risk regions, which would reopen the Canadian border to cattle imports, has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget and is undergoing review.

Cattle shortage
Beef and pork processor Swift and Co., Greeley, Colorado, said it will terminate approximately 800 workers at its beef processing plant in Greeley.

Trade plan
The U.S. informed the Japanese Agriculture Ministry that it will soon send a report outlining a testing method that estimates the age of cattle by examining the quality of their meat, according to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun newspaper.

Invest in the future of cattle operations
High prices plus ample grass add up to "cash cows" for the nation's cattle herds.

R-CALF proposes flipping mandatory COOL laws
R-CALF USA, which represents independent American cattle ranchers and is an avowed proponent of country-of-origin labeling, has proposed that rather than put the cost of such labeling on American producers, the Agriculture Department should identify foreign animals and force imported products to be labeled as such.

Asia Pacific

Hong Kong to vaccinate piglets for Japanese encephalitis
Hong Kong health chief said yesterday piglets will be vaccinated next spring to prevent the possible spread of Japanese encephalitis.

Beef Quota
The short-term outlook for Australian 90CL into the U.S. market remains buoyant, with prices to remain close to, or above, the highs this year.

Europe

Cattle, hog numbers fall in Ukraine
As of December 1, 2004 the number of cattle, kept by all categories of Ukrainian cattle breeders, dropped 9.8 percent to 7.4 million heads from the figure of year ago, according to State Statistics Committee.

Americas

2005 Identified as critical for establishing national identification and traceability
The Canadian Pork Council says 2005 will be a critical year for forwarding efforts aimed at establishing a national livestock identification and traceability system.

Feed law changes
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency proposed key amendments to federal regulations that it said will strengthen existing animal feed controls, a CFIA release said.

USA

USDA issues status report on Canadian border; NMA blasts R-CALF's 'delaying tactic'
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday night issued a statement that its final rule on minimal risk regions, which would reopen the Canadian border to cattle imports, has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget and is undergoing review.

Cattle shortage
Beef and pork processor Swift and Co., Greeley, Colorado, said it will terminate approximately 800 workers at its beef processing plant in Greeley.

Trade plan
The U.S. informed the Japanese Agriculture Ministry that it will soon send a report outlining a testing method that estimates the age of cattle by examining the quality of their meat, according to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun newspaper.

Invest in the future of cattle operations
High prices plus ample grass add up to "cash cows" for the nation's cattle herds.

R-CALF proposes flipping mandatory COOL laws
R-CALF USA, which represents independent American cattle ranchers and is an avowed proponent of country-of-origin labeling, has proposed that rather than put the cost of such labeling on American producers, the Agriculture Department should identify foreign animals and force imported products to be labeled as such.