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Asia Pacific
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Japan officials will visit the United States and Canada this week to better understand the bovine spongiform encephalopathy safeguards that the two countries have put in place in preparation for a resumption of beef trade.
Pigs test positive for cholera antibody in South Korea's southern island
South Korean Agriculture Ministry said Monday that blood samples from pigs on South Korean southern Jeju Island have tested positive for cholera antibodies, prompting Japan to temporarily suspend pork imports from South Korea.
Europe
Brits hire independent expert to review BSE controls
The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in Great Britain has appointed Professor William Hill, Emeritus Professor of Evolutionary Biology at the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, to review the agency's work on cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy since August 1996.
Americas
Canadian farmers say outlook is bleak
A quarterly poll conducted by Ipsos-Reid's Agribusiness, Food and Animal Health division finds that over half of Canadian farmers consider the agricultural economy to be weak or very weak, with only 2 percent saying that it is strong.
Ottawa mishandled mad-cow crisis
The federal government's response to last year's mad-cow crisis was plagued by poor planning, staffing problems and inadequate information-sharing.
Effective management identified as front line defense against animal disease
An Associate Professor with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine says effective management is emerging as the front line defense for minimizing the risk of disease within the swine herd.
USA
Industry relieved about negative BSE result
Fears that a positive finding in the suspected case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy first reported last week by USDA would hammer the beef industry dissolved into sighs of relief.
Testing for mad cow is up, but is enough being done?
Federal regulators are well on their way toward meeting the goal of testing every animal most likely to have mad cow disease by the end of next year.
Mad cow takes bite from exports
In the year since the first case of mad cow disease in the U.S. was announced, the nation's $3.4 billion beef export market has virtually collapsed, taking with it more than $272 million of Colorado's largest agricultural export market.
U.S. agricultural imports, exports to cancel each other out
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued its revised forecast for agricultural exports and imports for fiscal 2005.
Red Meat Output
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service reported that commercial red meat production – beef, veal, pork, and lamb -- in the United States totaled 3.92 billion pounds in October -- down six percent from the 4.16 billion pounds produced in October 2003.
Bush visit likely to signal end to beef ban
Federal officials predict that the mad-cow dispute with the United States will be resolved during President George W. Bush's visit to Canada this week, but caution that other trade quarrels will take longer.
Asia Pacific
Searching For Answers
Japan officials will visit the United States and Canada this week to better understand the bovine spongiform encephalopathy safeguards that the two countries have put in place in preparation for a resumption of beef trade.
Pigs test positive for cholera antibody in South Korea's southern island
South Korean Agriculture Ministry said Monday that blood samples from pigs on South Korean southern Jeju Island have tested positive for cholera antibodies, prompting Japan to temporarily suspend pork imports from South Korea.
Europe
Brits hire independent expert to review BSE controls
The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in Great Britain has appointed Professor William Hill, Emeritus Professor of Evolutionary Biology at the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, to review the agency's work on cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy since August 1996.
Americas
Canadian farmers say outlook is bleak
A quarterly poll conducted by Ipsos-Reid's Agribusiness, Food and Animal Health division finds that over half of Canadian farmers consider the agricultural economy to be weak or very weak, with only 2 percent saying that it is strong.
Ottawa mishandled mad-cow crisis
The federal government's response to last year's mad-cow crisis was plagued by poor planning, staffing problems and inadequate information-sharing.
Effective management identified as front line defense against animal disease
An Associate Professor with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine says effective management is emerging as the front line defense for minimizing the risk of disease within the swine herd.
USA
Industry relieved about negative BSE result
Fears that a positive finding in the suspected case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy first reported last week by USDA would hammer the beef industry dissolved into sighs of relief.
Testing for mad cow is up, but is enough being done?
Federal regulators are well on their way toward meeting the goal of testing every animal most likely to have mad cow disease by the end of next year.
Mad cow takes bite from exports
In the year since the first case of mad cow disease in the U.S. was announced, the nation's $3.4 billion beef export market has virtually collapsed, taking with it more than $272 million of Colorado's largest agricultural export market.
U.S. agricultural imports, exports to cancel each other out
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued its revised forecast for agricultural exports and imports for fiscal 2005.
Red Meat Output
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service reported that commercial red meat production – beef, veal, pork, and lamb -- in the United States totaled 3.92 billion pounds in October -- down six percent from the 4.16 billion pounds produced in October 2003.
Bush visit likely to signal end to beef ban
Federal officials predict that the mad-cow dispute with the United States will be resolved during President George W. Bush's visit to Canada this week, but caution that other trade quarrels will take longer.