Asia Pacific | Trade Go Ahead | Completion of the final step in the approval ...
Asia Pacific
Trade Go Ahead
Completion of the final step in the approval process for the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement is welcome news for all Australians, particularly farmers, according to Agriculture Minister Warren Truss.
Europe
Lamb Promotion
A new promotional campaign for lamb in the Irish Republic is being launched by Bord Bia -- the Irish Food Board -- this week.
Cool Moves
The Scottish Executive is to make it compulsory for restaurants and catering outlets in Scotland to state the country of origin of the beef they are selling.
Americas
Canada sees U.S. beef market opening soon
U.S. feedlots and packers could import Canadian cattle within months now that new U.S. rules aimed at guarding against mad cow disease are up for approval, Canadian Agriculture Minister Andy Mitchell said on Saturday.
Pork council asks U.S. government to pressure Canada on subsidies
Jon Caspers, immediate past president of the National Pork Producers Council, said that the association has sent a letter to the U.S. Trade Representative, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and the U.S. Secretary of Commerce urging them to negotiate with the Canadian government to end subsidies to Canadian hog farmers.
Mexico not planning further U.S. beef trade restrictions
The Mexican government has said it is not planning to impose any new restrictions on US beef imports even if tests confirm a new case of BSE, or mad cow disease, in the US.
USA
Industry Waits
Following USDA’s on November 18 that it received notice of a positive rapid test for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, several meat and beef groups urged the public to remain calm.
Cattle industry eyes best/worst mad cow scenarios
If tests prove that the United States has its second case of mad cow disease, cattle industry sources are hoping the animal is an old dairy cow from Canada.
Positive BSE result likely, test-maker says
Adding to speculation that USDA iss fairly certain it is dealing with a valid case of BSE, Brad Crutchfield, vice-president of Bio-Rad, which makes the rapid-screen tests used by USDA told CNN on Friday that a positive finding is far more likely after two inconclusive results.
BSE concern prompts National Beef to cut production
Kansas City, Mo.-based National Beef Packing Co. announced that it will reduce production hours in its processing plants immediately.
Texas woman's death probed for mad cow tie
The family of a Beaumont woman is waiting for test results to find out if she died from a form of an affliction connected to mad cow disease.
Pork producers applaud extension of mandatory price reporting provision
National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) President Keith Berry today commended Congress for passing legislation to extend the Mandatory Price Reporting provision contained in the 1999 Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act, for one-year. The one-year extension expires September 30, 2005.
USDA says Alabama, Georgia have soybean rust
Soybean leaf samples collected in Seminole County, Georgia and Mobile County, Alabama on Wednesday tested positive for Asian soybean rust, researchers at USDA's National Plant Germplasm and Biotechnology Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland, said Friday.
Asia Pacific
Trade Go Ahead
Completion of the final step in the approval process for the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement is welcome news for all Australians, particularly farmers, according to Agriculture Minister Warren Truss.
Europe
Lamb Promotion
A new promotional campaign for lamb in the Irish Republic is being launched by Bord Bia -- the Irish Food Board -- this week.
Cool Moves
The Scottish Executive is to make it compulsory for restaurants and catering outlets in Scotland to state the country of origin of the beef they are selling.
Americas
Canada sees U.S. beef market opening soon
U.S. feedlots and packers could import Canadian cattle within months now that new U.S. rules aimed at guarding against mad cow disease are up for approval, Canadian Agriculture Minister Andy Mitchell said on Saturday.
Pork council asks U.S. government to pressure Canada on subsidies
Jon Caspers, immediate past president of the National Pork Producers Council, said that the association has sent a letter to the U.S. Trade Representative, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and the U.S. Secretary of Commerce urging them to negotiate with the Canadian government to end subsidies to Canadian hog farmers.
Mexico not planning further U.S. beef trade restrictions
The Mexican government has said it is not planning to impose any new restrictions on US beef imports even if tests confirm a new case of BSE, or mad cow disease, in the US.
USA
Industry Waits
Following USDA’s on November 18 that it received notice of a positive rapid test for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, several meat and beef groups urged the public to remain calm.
Cattle industry eyes best/worst mad cow scenarios
If tests prove that the United States has its second case of mad cow disease, cattle industry sources are hoping the animal is an old dairy cow from Canada.
Positive BSE result likely, test-maker says
Adding to speculation that USDA iss fairly certain it is dealing with a valid case of BSE, Brad Crutchfield, vice-president of Bio-Rad, which makes the rapid-screen tests used by USDA told CNN on Friday that a positive finding is far more likely after two inconclusive results.
BSE concern prompts National Beef to cut production
Kansas City, Mo.-based National Beef Packing Co. announced that it will reduce production hours in its processing plants immediately.
Texas woman's death probed for mad cow tie
The family of a Beaumont woman is waiting for test results to find out if she died from a form of an affliction connected to mad cow disease.
Pork producers applaud extension of mandatory price reporting provision
National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) President Keith Berry today commended Congress for passing legislation to extend the Mandatory Price Reporting provision contained in the 1999 Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act, for one-year. The one-year extension expires September 30, 2005.
USDA says Alabama, Georgia have soybean rust
Soybean leaf samples collected in Seminole County, Georgia and Mobile County, Alabama on Wednesday tested positive for Asian soybean rust, researchers at USDA's National Plant Germplasm and Biotechnology Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland, said Friday.