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Asia Pacific

 

Taiwan BSPA buys 56,000T U.S. soy from Louis Dreyfus
TAIPEI, Oct 25 (Reuters) - The Kaohsiung division of Taiwan's Breakfast Soybean Procurement Association (BSPA) had clinched a deal with Louis Dreyfus for 56,000 tones of U.S. soybeans at a tender on Friday, traders said.

 

JAPAN: Four Itochu Fresh executives to resign over scandal 

Four executives of Japanese food retailer Itochu Fresh are to resign on 21 November, taking responsibility for a labeling scandal.

 

Americas

 

Mexico's Fox to fight U.S. farm subsidies
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) -- President Vicente Fox criticized American farm subsidies, saying he will approach President Bush this weekend about making terms of free-trade agreements less painful for Mexican farmers.

 

Wasting disease found in fourth Canadian deer
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Chronic wasting disease, a fatal neurological disorder similar to mad cow disease, has been found in a wild deer in an area previously thought free of it, officials in the Canadian Prairie province of Saskatchewan said on Thursday.

 

Trade balance deficit down 21 percent for first 9 months of year 
Mexico's trade balance deficit for the first nine months of 2002 stands at 4.5 billion dollars, 21 percent lower than the same period a year ago, the Finance Secretariat has reported.

Europe

 

U.K. Economy Grew Faster Than Expected in Third Quarter, Led by Services

U.K. economic growth accelerated in the third quarter, helped by the lowest borrowing costs in almost four decades. 

 

FRANCE/GERMANY: Progress on farm bill brings EU enlargement closer 
In a surprise move, German chancellor Gerhard Schroder and French president Jacques Chirac last night [Thursday] reached agreement on limiting EU agricultural subsidies after 2006.

 

Spinal Cord Found In German Beef
Intervention beef found to be breaking the BSE control regulations.

 

Irish Beef Protests Continue
Breakdown in talks triggers more protests at Irish beef processing plants.

 

BSE in Denmark
Eleventh case of BSE discovered on a dairy farm in Denmark.

 

USA

 

Biotech is Opportunity for Women
Monsanto executive tells group that high-tech crops empower women in developed and developing countries.

 

AMI Named Association Of The Year By Americas Second Harvest
The American Meat Institute is honored for outstanding support in helping to feed the hungry.

 

Farm Bill Will Put $13 Billion in Farm Economy This Fall
Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman said USDA will be making payments totaling more than $13 billion to farmers and ranchers as it continues its implementation of a very complex new farm bill.

 

U.S. And Peru Establish Consultative Committee On Agriculture

LIMA, PERU, Oct. 21, 2002 – U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services J.B. Penn today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Agriculture of Peru establishing a bilateral Consultative Committee on Agriculture