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Asia Pacific

 

Meat Shortage Fears Quelled
Philippine ban on Australian beef will not affect supplies.

 

Target South Korea
South Korea is growing market for little used US beef cuts.

 

Americas

 

US Cost Of Origin Labelling To Hurt Canadian Cattle Values
Prices for Canadian cattle may decrease by as much as C$92 per head if U.S. retailers turn away from imported products in an attempt to decrease their own record keeping and labelling costs, according to an article in the Canadian Cattlemen Association's latest newsletter.

 

Mexico's Fox asked to renegotiate some of NAFTA
MEXICO CITY, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Mexican lawmakers on Tuesday asked President Vicente Fox to come to the aid of the embattled countryside and keep tariffs on U.S. and Canadian farm goods, set to be eliminated on Jan. 1 under the NAFTA trade pact.

 

Europe

 

Russia Threatens Tariff and Quota Hikes
Threat top meat exports as Russia declares rises in tariffs to prevent meat dumping.

 

Rationalization Plan Under Discussion
Irish beef plants could close in a bid to cut overcapacity.

 

USA

 

USDA Boosts Inspection Rules
APHIS proposes rule to grant agency authority to collect blood and tissue samples in slaughter plants.

 

Buyers Look at Farmland Meat Business
Earlier this month, Farmland Industries, the largest farmed-owned cooperative, was granted another four months to come up with a bankruptcy reorganization plan.

 

Grass-fed beef gives alternative to corn
Anyone who follows the beef industry knows how much trouble has been stirred up lately with protests against everything from the use of growth hormones to unsanitary living conditions in and around feedlots for both livestock and humans.

 

N.M. Working on Desert Super Cattle
It's a desert rancher's dream: cattle that thrive on dry grass, bask in the hot sun and still make a good steak at the end of the day.

 

Excess meat prompts cutbacks at U.S. beef plants
CHICAGO, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Two major U.S. beef companies said on Tuesday they will cut production in reaction to excess supplies of beef and other meats, a move that some analysts said may slow the recent rise in cattle prices.