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Retail Reality
Japan’s retailers are becoming an important distribution channel for Australian beef.
Russia FMD outbreak
All the livestock has been killed in the village of Busse in Russia’s Amur region following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. A total of 236 cattle have been slaughtered, a duty officer of the Russian Emergencies Ministry’s Far East regional centre told RIA Novosti.
Oecd report forecasts tough future for Australian farmers
Prices will go backwards, competition from low-cost producers will intensify and consumers in rich countries will get more picky, a new global report into agriculture has warned.
Americas
Conservatives to submit mad-cow brief
A group of federal Conservatives said Monday they have won the right to make their voices heard next month in a U.S. court case that will decide how long the U.S. border stays closed to Canadian beef.
New test can detect BSE in live cattle, manufacturer says
Currently, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) can only be detected post-mortem, using a laboratory procedure that takes several days. But a new test expected to be available to Canadian livestock producers this fall could change that, at a cost of about $20 per animal.
USA
Major loopholes in mad cow safety standards
American cattle are eating chicken litter, cattle blood and restaurant leftovers that could help transmit mad cow disease - a gap in the U.S. defense that the Bush administration promised to close nearly 18 months ago.
Nebraska State dismissed from corporate farming case
A case challenging Nebraska's ban on corporate farming will move to trial even though the state has been dismissed as a defendant.
R-CALF board splitting up
Founding members Leo McDonnell of Montana, Herman Schumacher of South Dakota and Kathleen Kelley of Colorado, having served two three-year terms on the board of Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers of America, will step down at the end of the year.
Retail Reality
Japan’s retailers are becoming an important distribution channel for Australian beef.
Russia FMD outbreak
All the livestock has been killed in the village of Busse in Russia’s Amur region following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. A total of 236 cattle have been slaughtered, a duty officer of the Russian Emergencies Ministry’s Far East regional centre told RIA Novosti.
Oecd report forecasts tough future for Australian farmers
Prices will go backwards, competition from low-cost producers will intensify and consumers in rich countries will get more picky, a new global report into agriculture has warned.
Americas
Conservatives to submit mad-cow brief
A group of federal Conservatives said Monday they have won the right to make their voices heard next month in a U.S. court case that will decide how long the U.S. border stays closed to Canadian beef.
New test can detect BSE in live cattle, manufacturer says
Currently, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) can only be detected post-mortem, using a laboratory procedure that takes several days. But a new test expected to be available to Canadian livestock producers this fall could change that, at a cost of about $20 per animal.
USA
Major loopholes in mad cow safety standards
American cattle are eating chicken litter, cattle blood and restaurant leftovers that could help transmit mad cow disease - a gap in the U.S. defense that the Bush administration promised to close nearly 18 months ago.
Nebraska State dismissed from corporate farming case
A case challenging Nebraska's ban on corporate farming will move to trial even though the state has been dismissed as a defendant.
R-CALF board splitting up
Founding members Leo McDonnell of Montana, Herman Schumacher of South Dakota and Kathleen Kelley of Colorado, having served two three-year terms on the board of Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers of America, will step down at the end of the year.