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Japan to urge watchdog to allow U.S. beef imports
The Japanese government will ask the nation's food safety watchdog, the Food Safety Commission, to approve a resumption of U.S. beef imports after a series of public meetings on the issue ended on Friday.
China falls short in reporting foot-and-mouth disease
China's first ever admission of foot-and-mouth disease at the weekend did not reveal the extent of the country's problem with the livestock-wasting illness.
Australia will consider further assistance for drought-stricken farmers
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said the government will consider further assistance for farmers affected by drought that has parched 45 percent of the nation's farmland.
Meat group shelves good bug trial over GM concerns
A 10-year project to develop a genetically modified organism to help cattle fight Gidyea and Heartleaf poisoning has been shelved.
Americas
Soybean contracts on Chicago Board of Trade may stir Brazil-U.S. rivalry
The Chicago Board of Trade, the world's largest grain market, starts trading South American soybean futures today as Brazil grows closer to supplanting the U.S. as the world's top agricultural producer.
Manitoba to finance slaughter facilities
The Canadian province of Manitoba will guarantee meatpackers up to $2 million (Canadian) for every approved initiative to build a new beef slaughter facility or expand the capacity of an existing one.
Europe
Plan for electronic stock tags in three years
The country's 10 million cattle and two million deer could all be individually identified by electronic tags within three years, at a cost of about $30 million.
More meat eaten
British children are eating more meat as a healthy eating message gets across to consumers.
USA
Smithfield says $226 Mln Pennexx suit dismissed
Top U.S. hog and pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc. on Wednesday said a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed against it by Pennexx Foods Inc. seeking more than $226 million in damages.
Farmer, neighbors clash over small hog farm
Some Lewiston area residents are mustering opposition to a hog farmer's plans to build a 2,100-hog feedlot northwest of the central Winona County town.
Border ban also hurts U.S. meat processors
According to one American economist, 5,000 Americans have lost their jobs in the processing industry, which has lost between $900 and $950 million in annual sales since the border closed.
U.S. beef industry could face ‘permanent damage’
Mike Johanns, U.S. agriculture secretary, warned that the U.S. beef industry faced the prospect of "permanent damage" if imports of live cattle across the U.S.-Canadian border continued to be blocked.
USDA will host a roundtable discussion about U.S. beef safety and BSE
USDA will hold a BSE Roundtable Discussion June 9 in St. Paul, Minn., to address U.S. beef safety and the changing structure of the U.S. beef industry.
Japan to urge watchdog to allow U.S. beef imports
The Japanese government will ask the nation's food safety watchdog, the Food Safety Commission, to approve a resumption of U.S. beef imports after a series of public meetings on the issue ended on Friday.
China falls short in reporting foot-and-mouth disease
China's first ever admission of foot-and-mouth disease at the weekend did not reveal the extent of the country's problem with the livestock-wasting illness.
Australia will consider further assistance for drought-stricken farmers
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said the government will consider further assistance for farmers affected by drought that has parched 45 percent of the nation's farmland.
Meat group shelves good bug trial over GM concerns
A 10-year project to develop a genetically modified organism to help cattle fight Gidyea and Heartleaf poisoning has been shelved.
Americas
Soybean contracts on Chicago Board of Trade may stir Brazil-U.S. rivalry
The Chicago Board of Trade, the world's largest grain market, starts trading South American soybean futures today as Brazil grows closer to supplanting the U.S. as the world's top agricultural producer.
Manitoba to finance slaughter facilities
The Canadian province of Manitoba will guarantee meatpackers up to $2 million (Canadian) for every approved initiative to build a new beef slaughter facility or expand the capacity of an existing one.
Europe
Plan for electronic stock tags in three years
The country's 10 million cattle and two million deer could all be individually identified by electronic tags within three years, at a cost of about $30 million.
More meat eaten
British children are eating more meat as a healthy eating message gets across to consumers.
USA
Smithfield says $226 Mln Pennexx suit dismissed
Top U.S. hog and pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc. on Wednesday said a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed against it by Pennexx Foods Inc. seeking more than $226 million in damages.
Farmer, neighbors clash over small hog farm
Some Lewiston area residents are mustering opposition to a hog farmer's plans to build a 2,100-hog feedlot northwest of the central Winona County town.
Border ban also hurts U.S. meat processors
According to one American economist, 5,000 Americans have lost their jobs in the processing industry, which has lost between $900 and $950 million in annual sales since the border closed.
U.S. beef industry could face ‘permanent damage’
Mike Johanns, U.S. agriculture secretary, warned that the U.S. beef industry faced the prospect of "permanent damage" if imports of live cattle across the U.S.-Canadian border continued to be blocked.
USDA will host a roundtable discussion about U.S. beef safety and BSE
USDA will hold a BSE Roundtable Discussion June 9 in St. Paul, Minn., to address U.S. beef safety and the changing structure of the U.S. beef industry.