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Asia Pacific
UPDATE 1-Australia asks Japan to rethink beef tariffs
Australian Prime Minister John Howard asked Japan on Wednesday to rethink a planned increase in beef import tariffs, but Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi said it would be tough to do so.
Japanese Beef Farmers Decline
Numbers of Japanese beef producers fall as industry consolidates.
Americas
FMD discovery forces cattle cull in Paraguay
Three hundred cows in northern Paraguay will be slaughtered after 13 were discovered with foot-and-mouth disease, Agriculture Minister Dario Baumgarten said.
Canadian Beef Crisis
There's still no sign the United States will reopen its borders to Canadian beef, after the US stopped imports in May when a single case of mad cow disease, or BSE, was discovered in Alberta.
USA
Congress delays mandatory COOL
The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday blocked a previous requirement that imported meat be identified with country-of-origin labels, a move lauded by industry heavyweights but criticized by smaller producer organizations.
U.S. Wins WTO Case Against Japan's Restrictions on U.S. Apples
“We applaud the WTO ruling against Japan's restrictive requirements for U.S. apple imports,” Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman said
Iowa Senators Question Farmland Deal
Democrat Tom Harkin and Republican Charles Grassley worry the move would offer little benefit to pork producers.
US Lawmakers Seek Briefing On Canada Beef Ban
U.S. lawmakers are waiting to be briefed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on the state of the U.S. ban on Canadian beef and cattle since bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, was discovered there on May 20, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, told reporters Tuesday.
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME or Exchange) has requested that the Commission approve the subject proposed amendments for the live cattle futures contract.
Asia Pacific
UPDATE 1-Australia asks Japan to rethink beef tariffs
Australian Prime Minister John Howard asked Japan on Wednesday to rethink a planned increase in beef import tariffs, but Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi said it would be tough to do so.
Japanese Beef Farmers Decline
Numbers of Japanese beef producers fall as industry consolidates.
Americas
FMD discovery forces cattle cull in Paraguay
Three hundred cows in northern Paraguay will be slaughtered after 13 were discovered with foot-and-mouth disease, Agriculture Minister Dario Baumgarten said.
Canadian Beef Crisis
There's still no sign the United States will reopen its borders to Canadian beef, after the US stopped imports in May when a single case of mad cow disease, or BSE, was discovered in Alberta.
USA
Congress delays mandatory COOL
The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday blocked a previous requirement that imported meat be identified with country-of-origin labels, a move lauded by industry heavyweights but criticized by smaller producer organizations.
U.S. Wins WTO Case Against Japan’s Restrictions on U.S. Apples
“We applaud the WTO ruling against Japan’s restrictive requirements for U.S. apple imports,” Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman said
Iowa Senators Question Farmland Deal
Democrat Tom Harkin and Republican Charles Grassley worry the move would offer little benefit to pork producers.
US Lawmakers Seek Briefing On Canada Beef Ban
U.S. lawmakers are waiting to be briefed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on the state of the U.S. ban on Canadian beef and cattle since bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, was discovered there on May 20, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, told reporters Tuesday.
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME or Exchange) has requested that the Commission approve the subject proposed amendments for the live cattle futures contract.