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Asia Pacific

U.S. close to a beef deal with China
Agriculture trade representatives work on a protocol for the resumption of U.S. beef exports to China.

Europe

U.K. BSE rules breach investigated
Specified risk material is found in a beef carcass at a cutting plant in Northern Ireland.

AU beef business profits up 13 percent
The QueenslandGovernment says the beef industry will have generated more than $3.6 billion by the end of this financial year - a rise of 13 percent.

Farm waste regulations are now in force
Farmers are reminded by the Environment Agency that they are now no longer able to tip waste on their land and restrictions on the open burning of synthetic waste materials have also been introduced.

USA

Smithfied pork plants USDA process verified
All three of the company’s pork processing plants achieve USDA certification.

USDA to reconsider grass-fed definition
The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service is reopening comments on a new rule defining "grass-fed" for the purposes of marketing red meat after many commenters objected that the definition was not stringent enough.

State reconsiders plan for farm animal identification
A federal proposal to identify every farm animal in the nation through traditional methods such as tattoos and ear tags, or embedded microchips that can be scanned electronically, has generated a firestorm of criticism in Maine.

Asia Pacific

U.S. close to a beef deal with China
Agriculture trade representatives work on a protocol for the resumption of U.S. beef exports to China.

Europe

U.K. BSE rules breach investigated
Specified risk material is found in a beef carcass at a cutting plant in Northern Ireland.

AU beef business profits up 13 percent
The QueenslandGovernment says the beef industry will have generated more than $3.6 billion by the end of this financial year - a rise of 13 percent.

Farm waste regulations are now in force
Farmers are reminded by the Environment Agency that they are now no longer able to tip waste on their land and restrictions on the open burning of synthetic waste materials have also been introduced.

USA

Smithfied pork plants USDA process verified
All three of the company’s pork processing plants achieve USDA certification.

USDA to reconsider grass-fed definition
The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service is reopening comments on a new rule defining "grass-fed" for the purposes of marketing red meat after many commenters objected that the definition was not stringent enough.

State reconsiders plan for farm animal identification
A federal proposal to identify every farm animal in the nation through traditional methods such as tattoos and ear tags, or embedded microchips that can be scanned electronically, has generated a firestorm of criticism in Maine.