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Pig meat ban attempt fails
Attempts by pork producers to stop the importation of pig meat from countries affected by Post-Weaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome (PMWS) have failed.
USTR presses Japan on beef
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Portman urged visiting Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa on Thursday to quickly lift Tokyo's 21-month ban placed on American beef due to concerns over mad cow disease, Japanese officials said.
Lamb Exports
Australian lamb exports on target for a record with new August high.
Americas
Canadian, Australian reps explain Animal ID Systems to House Ag Committee
In an informational hearing yesterday, Canadian and Australian officials detailed their experience developing and implementing national animal identification system.
Canada presses Japan over beef ban
Canadian Foreign Minister Pierre Pettigrew asked Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura on Friday that Japan lift its ban on beef imports from Canada at an early time, Japanese officials said.
Brazil major beef expansion plan
Brazil, the juggernaut of the world's beef industry, plans to expand production even more, and push its rapidly expanding exports further into Asian markets, Marcus Vinicius Pratini de Moraes, president of the Brazilian Beef Export Industries Association, said Friday.
Europe
PMWS pig research boost For NI
Farming Life has learnerd that Northern Ireland's leading position in researching the link between PCV2 (Porcine CircoVirus 2) and the development of PMWS (Post-weaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome) is to be further enhanced in the New Year.
Scottish industry to benefit from cow beef mission
A group of Scottish farmers this week made a fact-finding mission to Ireland to investigate the country's cowbeef industry.
USA
Beef Talks
Bush urges Koizumi to settle beef dispute.
Cattlemen call for trade sanctions against Japan
Nebraska's largest livestock organization has had it with the Japanese in a long-running dispute over mad cow disease.
Pig meat ban attempt fails
Attempts by pork producers to stop the importation of pig meat from countries affected by Post-Weaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome (PMWS) have failed.
USTR presses Japan on beef
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Portman urged visiting Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa on Thursday to quickly lift Tokyo's 21-month ban placed on American beef due to concerns over mad cow disease, Japanese officials said.
Lamb Exports
Australian lamb exports on target for a record with new August high.
Americas
Canadian, Australian reps explain Animal ID Systems to House Ag Committee
In an informational hearing yesterday, Canadian and Australian officials detailed their experience developing and implementing national animal identification system.
Canada presses Japan over beef ban
Canadian Foreign Minister Pierre Pettigrew asked Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura on Friday that Japan lift its ban on beef imports from Canada at an early time, Japanese officials said.
Brazil major beef expansion plan
Brazil, the juggernaut of the world's beef industry, plans to expand production even more, and push its rapidly expanding exports further into Asian markets, Marcus Vinicius Pratini de Moraes, president of the Brazilian Beef Export Industries Association, said Friday.
Europe
PMWS pig research boost For NI
Farming Life has learnerd that Northern Ireland's leading position in researching the link between PCV2 (Porcine CircoVirus 2) and the development of PMWS (Post-weaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome) is to be further enhanced in the New Year.
Scottish industry to benefit from cow beef mission
A group of Scottish farmers this week made a fact-finding mission to Ireland to investigate the country's cowbeef industry.
USA
Beef Talks
Bush urges Koizumi to settle beef dispute.
Cattlemen call for trade sanctions against Japan
Nebraska's largest livestock organization has had it with the Japanese in a long-running dispute over mad cow disease.