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Asia Pacific
JPN, US beef trade pessimism
Representatives from Japan and the United States will consult in Tokyo on the BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) issue. At the meeting negotiators will discuss issues related to the resumption of mutual trade of U.S. and Japanese beef, based on the progress made regarding BSE since the representatives' last meeting in April.
AU Meatworks may reopen
Australia's third largest meat processor is in the Northern Territory this week discussing the possibility of re-opening the Katherine Meatworks.
JPN - science based beef trade
Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Japan will base any decision on restarting imports of U.S. beef on scientific fact and not politics, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said.
Japan, U.S. begin 2-day meeting on beef tradeTOKYO
Japan and the United States began on Thursday two days of high-level talks in Tokyo in which the two countries are expected to confirm a goal of lifting Japan's import ban on American beef by next spring.
Americas
N Am cattle biz integrated
The cattle industry in North America is already integrated, AMI president J. Patrick Boyle says.Once the toothpaste leaves the tube, as the saying goes, there's no amount of wishful thinking or heavy-handed coercion that's going to force it back in. This is also true for the evolutionary, and revolutionary changes that have taken place over the last 20 years in trade harmonization and agricultural practices between the United States and Canada.
BZL infrastructure investments
Brazil, second behind the U.S. in soybean production, will be investing $570 million dollars in a special program to rebuild 11,000 kilometers (6,800 miles) for roads by March when the 2004-05 soybean harvest begins.
MX rules on NAFTA, beef issue
The Mexican government ruling on compliance with NAFTA panel ruling will benefit carcass exports and eliminate the 30-day rule.
U.S.
FDA issues US mad cow warning
WASHINGTON - Since mad cow disease turned up in the United States late last year, traced to a cow imported from Canada, federal regulators have issued rules to prevent the spread of the fatal disease, focusing on limiting beef imports, testing and other measures to protect the domestic herd.
Cattle down sharply, funds- PM
CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--Slaughter cutbacks by major beef packers combined with fund-placed sell stops at key chart points to push Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures sharply lower Wednesday.
Strong US hog demand into 05
In their Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook, USDA says the same set of demand factors that drove hog prices this year will likely again support prices in 2005: strong consumer demand for animal proteins, relatively high domestic beef prices, and strong exports.
Packer capacity could be tight for pork production next year
With current record high prices for hogs, U.S. pork production could rise next year to levels that exceed industry capacity, even though packers are expected to add new plants by late 2005, according to a new pork checkoff-funded study.
Asia Pacific
JPN, US beef trade pessimism
Representatives from Japan and the United States will consult in Tokyo on the BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) issue. At the meeting negotiators will discuss issues related to the resumption of mutual trade of U.S. and Japanese beef, based on the progress made regarding BSE since the representatives' last meeting in April.
AU Meatworks may reopen
Australia's third largest meat processor is in the Northern Territory this week discussing the possibility of re-opening the Katherine Meatworks.
JPN - science based beef trade
Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Japan will base any decision on restarting imports of U.S. beef on scientific fact and not politics, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said.
Japan, U.S. begin 2-day meeting on beef tradeTOKYO
Japan and the United States began on Thursday two days of high-level talks in Tokyo in which the two countries are expected to confirm a goal of lifting Japan's import ban on American beef by next spring.
Americas
N Am cattle biz integrated
The cattle industry in North America is already integrated, AMI president J. Patrick Boyle says.Once the toothpaste leaves the tube, as the saying goes, there's no amount of wishful thinking or heavy-handed coercion that's going to force it back in. This is also true for the evolutionary, and revolutionary changes that have taken place over the last 20 years in trade harmonization and agricultural practices between the United States and Canada.
BZL infrastructure investments
Brazil, second behind the U.S. in soybean production, will be investing $570 million dollars in a special program to rebuild 11,000 kilometers (6,800 miles) for roads by March when the 2004-05 soybean harvest begins.
MX rules on NAFTA, beef issue
The Mexican government ruling on compliance with NAFTA panel ruling will benefit carcass exports and eliminate the 30-day rule.
U.S.
FDA issues US mad cow warning
WASHINGTON - Since mad cow disease turned up in the United States late last year, traced to a cow imported from Canada, federal regulators have issued rules to prevent the spread of the fatal disease, focusing on limiting beef imports, testing and other measures to protect the domestic herd.
Cattle down sharply, funds- PM
CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--Slaughter cutbacks by major beef packers combined with fund-placed sell stops at key chart points to push Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures sharply lower Wednesday.
Strong US hog demand into 05
In their Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook, USDA says the same set of demand factors that drove hog prices this year will likely again support prices in 2005: strong consumer demand for animal proteins, relatively high domestic beef prices, and strong exports.
Packer capacity could be tight for pork production next year
With current record high prices for hogs, U.S. pork production could rise next year to levels that exceed industry capacity, even though packers are expected to add new plants by late 2005, according to a new pork checkoff-funded study.