Asia Pacific | Legal Challenge To Govt Quota PlanA group of disgruntled meat ...
Published: Aug 29, 2003
Asia Pacific
Legal Challenge To Govt Quota PlanA group of disgruntled meat processors is about to launch a legal challenge to the Federal Government's plan
Americas
Mexico's trade deficit down 21 percent from 2001
Europe
EU Proposes Overhaul of Farm-Support Programs; France Leads Opposition
The European Commission announced an overhaul of farm spending saying there was no alternative to change before as many as 10 new members, mostly from Eastern Europe, join the 15-nation bloc in 2004.
USA
McDonald's addresses foreign-beef issueIt's hard to argue with the man who represents the nation's biggest beef buyer, even when he's talking about incorporating foreign-grown beef into its daily operations. After spending two hours Monday evening in the open-air 4-H Building in Russell, cattle producers applauded John Hayes for his discussion of the foreign-beef test that is under way by 400 McDonald's Restaurants in the southeast United States. Hayes said there were no plans to expand beyond that test phase. Beef Council looks to state law to preserve checkoff
The Wyoming Beef Council is looking to state law so a mandatory $1 per animal checkoff fee that has deemed unconstitutional can continue to be collected. Smithfield challenges ban on ownership
Meatpacking giant Smithfield Foods Inc., the world's largest pork processor and producer, filed a lawsuit Tuesday in federal court in Des Moines, seeking to have Iowa's ban on packer ownership of livestock declared unconstitutional.