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Producers, retailers air beef over tariff 

Restaurants and foreign producers are accusing the government of violating the spirit of World Trade Organization safeguard provisions by planning to invoke them to stem a rapid rise in beef imports.

 

SARS sends shiver through Chinese commodity markets
China's ravenous appetite for commodities could be diminished by the SARS virus if authorities fail to contain the flu-like disease, traders said on Tuesday.

 

China: Opportunities Abound, Challenges Aplenty

I had done a good deal of research, had seen even more video that had been shot in China, but it still did not prepare me for the overwhelming size and scope of this country. We were only in mainland China for a little more than a day, but we covered a lot of territory, traveling about 400 miles round trip from Hong Kong up the Pearl River Delta in the Southern part of China.

 

Europe

 

Welsh Lamb in the Netherlands
Welsh Beef and Lamb Club set up in new Welsh beef export deal.

 

USA

 

US pork supply called bearish, while beef bullish
An increase in pork supplies in U.S. warehouses may pressure hog and pork futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Tuesday, while a decline in beef stocks may lift cattle futures, analysts said on Monday.

 

Wegmans VP added to speaker list for First World Congress on Food Irradiation

Mary Ellen Burris, senior vice president of consumer affairs for Wegmans Food Markets, has been added to the roster of speakers for the First World Congress on Food Irradiation. The Congress runs May 5-7 at Chicago's McCormick Place, in conjunction with the FMI show.

 

Cash for CWD Research
USDA makes $4 million available to states to manage chronic wasting disease outbreaks

 

Bean rust creeps toward U.S.
A crippling soybean rust disease from Asia is spreading through South America, and scientists are afraid it may invade the United States.