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Japan business leader worried about U.S. beef ban
The head of Japan's largest business lobby voiced concern on Monday about growing tensions due to a 14-month ban on U.S. beef imports, saying Tokyo should speed up deliberations.
Seoul cautious on lifting import ban on U.S. beef
South Korea will resume importing beef from the United States and Canada only after proving they are free of mad cow disease, government officials said Sunday.
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Canadian pork producers anticipate favorable DOC determinations
Canadian pork producers expect favorable rulings when the U.S. Department of Commerce announces final determinations in countervail and antidumping actions against Canadian live hogs.
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EPA air quality program will monitor only about 30 farms
Thousands of factory farms nationwide are expected to sign up for a new Environmental Protection Agency compliance program, but the agency will pick only about 30 to monitor levels of gases such as ammonia and hydrogen sulfide.
U.S. urged to 'go slow' on cattle imports
John Hoeven, Republican governor of North Dakota, wants the U.S. to adopt a "go slow" approach to the resumption of Canadian live cattle imports, to ensure that any reopening of the border comes only when Japan and South Korea reopen their markets to U.S. beef.
Swift announces production cutbacks at Nebraska plant
Swift & Company announced Friday that it is reducing production at its Grand Island, Neb., beef processing plant by 20 percent for the immediate future.
Nation's richest farmland soil
Along with Chicago's soaring skyline and Abraham Lincoln's prairie roots, Illinois is best known for routinely producing one of the nation's top yields of corn and soybeans.
Japan business leader worried about U.S. beef ban
The head of Japan's largest business lobby voiced concern on Monday about growing tensions due to a 14-month ban on U.S. beef imports, saying Tokyo should speed up deliberations.
Seoul cautious on lifting import ban on U.S. beef
South Korea will resume importing beef from the United States and Canada only after proving they are free of mad cow disease, government officials said Sunday.
Americas
Canadian pork producers anticipate favorable DOC determinations
Canadian pork producers expect favorable rulings when the U.S. Department of Commerce announces final determinations in countervail and antidumping actions against Canadian live hogs.
USA
EPA air quality program will monitor only about 30 farms
Thousands of factory farms nationwide are expected to sign up for a new Environmental Protection Agency compliance program, but the agency will pick only about 30 to monitor levels of gases such as ammonia and hydrogen sulfide.
U.S. urged to 'go slow' on cattle imports
John Hoeven, Republican governor of North Dakota, wants the U.S. to adopt a "go slow" approach to the resumption of Canadian live cattle imports, to ensure that any reopening of the border comes only when Japan and South Korea reopen their markets to U.S. beef.
Swift announces production cutbacks at Nebraska plant
Swift & Company announced Friday that it is reducing production at its Grand Island, Neb., beef processing plant by 20 percent for the immediate future.
Nation's richest farmland soil
Along with Chicago's soaring skyline and Abraham Lincoln's prairie roots, Illinois is best known for routinely producing one of the nation's top yields of corn and soybeans.