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Asia Pacific

Japan set to lift ban on US beef imports
Japan is set to lift a ban on U.S. beef reinstated six months ago due to fears of mad cow disease as early as Thursday.

Japan may exclude U.S. beef plants
Japan may exclude a portion of the 35 U.S. meat processing facilities certified to export to the country when it restarts U.S. beef imports later this month, government sources said.

South Korean Pork Imports Fall
South Korea’s imports of beef and chicken gained in the first half of the year while its pork imports declined, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry said.

Americas

Brazil soy industry boycotts beans from the Amazon
Brazilian soy crushers and exporters will stop buying soybeans grown in the Amazon basin for the time being, industry groups said on Monday, bowing to pressure from activist groups trying to preserve the rain forest.

Europe

Scots demand answers on Brazilian beef
The Scottish Beef Cattle Association wrote this week to EU commissioner Markos Kyprianou to demand an explanation for the EU's failure to commit to a ban on Brazilian beef imports.

USA

Beef trade dispute helped kill WTO negotiations
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns identified beef trade with the European Union as a major issue that contributed to the scuttling of the Doha round portion of the World Trade Organization's plans for a worldwide trade agreement.

Ranchers of grass-fed beef talk up its virtues
"Fast Food Nation" author Eric Schlosser, in examining how to restore the disconnect between farm and table, wasted no time getting to the point as he spoke to the third annual American Grassfed Association conference held here last weekend.

Asia Pacific

Japan set to lift ban on US beef imports
Japan is set to lift a ban on U.S. beef reinstated six months ago due to fears of mad cow disease as early as Thursday.

Japan may exclude U.S. beef plants
Japan may exclude a portion of the 35 U.S. meat processing facilities certified to export to the country when it restarts U.S. beef imports later this month, government sources said.

South Korean Pork Imports Fall
South Korea’s imports of beef and chicken gained in the first half of the year while its pork imports declined, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry said.

Americas

Brazil soy industry boycotts beans from the Amazon
Brazilian soy crushers and exporters will stop buying soybeans grown in the Amazon basin for the time being, industry groups said on Monday, bowing to pressure from activist groups trying to preserve the rain forest.

Europe

Scots demand answers on Brazilian beef
The Scottish Beef Cattle Association wrote this week to EU commissioner Markos Kyprianou to demand an explanation for the EU's failure to commit to a ban on Brazilian beef imports.

USA

Beef trade dispute helped kill WTO negotiations
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns identified beef trade with the European Union as a major issue that contributed to the scuttling of the Doha round portion of the World Trade Organization's plans for a worldwide trade agreement.

Ranchers of grass-fed beef talk up its virtues
"Fast Food Nation" author Eric Schlosser, in examining how to restore the disconnect between farm and table, wasted no time getting to the point as he spoke to the third annual American Grassfed Association conference held here last weekend.