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Asia Pacific

 

Japan's Prime Minister Koizumi Won't Dissolve Parliament `Anytime Soon'
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said he won't end the current parliamentary session, suggesting that he'll push ahead his plans to revitalize the world's second-biggest economy. 

 

Americas

 

GM Foods Debate Hits Latin America
A forum on Latin America and biotechnology did little to paint a clear picture of the future for genetically modified crops in the nations south of the United States.

 

Europe

 

U.S. impatient with EU ban on GMOs, beef hormones
BRUSSELS, Dec 17 (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Under Secretary Grant Aldonas on Tuesday urged Europe to drop its ban on new genetically modified foods and expressed little optimism that EU moves on beef hormones would end a simmering dispute.

 

USA

 

U.S. officials unmoved by EU world farm trade plan

WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The European Union's newly unveiled plan for stimulating global agriculture trade, while a welcome addition to World Trade Organization talks, does not go far enough in cutting subsidies, U.S. government officials said on Monday.

 

Consumers detail beef choices
American beef producers might sell more product if all salesmen looked and sounded like actor Sam Elliott.

 

Feedlot owner files lawsuit against KC-based meat packer (12/17, Kansas City Star)
Kansas City-based Farmland National Beef used its market power to punish a small Kansas cattle feeder that publicly criticized the giant meat packing operation, according to a lawsuit filed in Kansas City.

 

New Rules for Animal Farms
The Bush administration imposed new set of environmental laws for commercial, intensive livestock operations.

 

New Ground Ham Product Launched
Maverick Ranch Natural Meats launches new ham product.