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Australian animal tracking troubles
The Australian cattle tracing and tracking system -- NLIS -- is not working efficiently Australian Beef Association former chairman, John Carter told U.S. cattlemen at the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund convention in Denver, Colorado.

Plan Criticized
Australian cattleman tells U.S. ranchers that the national tracking scheme is not working.

Europe

Norwegians dropping traditional diet
The traditional Norwegian staples of fish and potatoes are being steadily phased out in favour of meat and vegetables, according to a new report from the Directorate for Health and Social Affairs.

Americas

Brazil beef exports to rise 20%
Brazil, the world's No. 1 beef exporter, may increase shipments abroad 20 percent in 2005, as Russia may lift an import embargo and farmers boost sales to nations such as China and Japan, the National Agriculture Confederation said.

Cull not the answer, say ranchers
With U.S. animal health inspectors beginning their tour of Alberta ranches, feedlots and packing plants last week, both Premier Ralph Klein and federal Conservative leader Stephen Harper publicly mused on the previously unthinkable -- a mass culling of perhaps hundreds of thousands of older cattle.

USA

Bush tries again with Dorr nomination
On Monday, President George W. Bush sent nominations to the Senate for Thomas C. Dorr, of Iowa, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development, and to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation.

Got SCN?
Midwest soybean growers will have a new tool to control soybean cyst nematodes (SCN) in 2005.

U.S. national animal ID website
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service today announced the launch of a new Web site to inform stakeholders about the national animal identification system (NAIS).

Asia Pacific

Australian animal tracking troubles
The Australian cattle tracing and tracking system -- NLIS -- is not working efficiently Australian Beef Association former chairman, John Carter told U.S. cattlemen at the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund convention in Denver, Colorado.

Plan Criticized
Australian cattleman tells U.S. ranchers that the national tracking scheme is not working.

Europe

Norwegians dropping traditional diet
The traditional Norwegian staples of fish and potatoes are being steadily phased out in favour of meat and vegetables, according to a new report from the Directorate for Health and Social Affairs.

Americas

Brazil beef exports to rise 20%
Brazil, the world's No. 1 beef exporter, may increase shipments abroad 20 percent in 2005, as Russia may lift an import embargo and farmers boost sales to nations such as China and Japan, the National Agriculture Confederation said.

Cull not the answer, say ranchers
With U.S. animal health inspectors beginning their tour of Alberta ranches, feedlots and packing plants last week, both Premier Ralph Klein and federal Conservative leader Stephen Harper publicly mused on the previously unthinkable -- a mass culling of perhaps hundreds of thousands of older cattle.

USA

Bush tries again with Dorr nomination
On Monday, President George W. Bush sent nominations to the Senate for Thomas C. Dorr, of Iowa, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development, and to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation.

Got SCN?
Midwest soybean growers will have a new tool to control soybean cyst nematodes (SCN) in 2005.

U.S. national animal ID website
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service today announced the launch of a new Web site to inform stakeholders about the national animal identification system (NAIS).