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Asia Pacific

Beef stocks still tight in Japan
Australian beef is still expected to be needed on the Japanese market to fill the gap left by the ban on U.S. beef.

Ukraine hit by export ban
Export ban closes meat plants in the Ukraine as Russian meat production rises.

Japanese rules affect U.S. pork industry
New Japanese food import standards may require more U.S. testing and could force some U.S. pork producers to change what they feed their hogs.

Americas

Mexico opens to U.S. bone-in beef
Mexico said on Wednesday it had reopened its border to U.S. imports of beef on the bone, lifting another part of a drawn out ban on American beef that started with a mad-cow disease outbreak.

Europe

Lamb fight in Wales
Welsh lamb farmers slam the Somerfield supermarket chain for backing New Zealand lamb.

Seminars feature prominently at Beef Expo
A day-long series of nine 20-minute seminars on a range of practical issues, concluding with a panel discussion in “Question Time” format, will be one of the major features at Beef Expo 2006.

USA

Piggy polls pile up pork projects
Congress has been raising a stink over pork barrel spending lately, but lawmakers are still larding the budget with suspicious projects - including some that definitely don't pass the smell test.

Consumers across the U.S. tell the USDA to not allow imposter organics
Across the United States, thousands of consumers are responding to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) public comment period on revisions to the National Organic Program (NOP).

Asia Pacific

Beef stocks still tight in Japan
Australian beef is still expected to be needed on the Japanese market to fill the gap left by the ban on U.S. beef.

Ukraine hit by export ban
Export ban closes meat plants in the Ukraine as Russian meat production rises.

Japanese rules affect U.S. pork industry
New Japanese food import standards may require more U.S. testing and could force some U.S. pork producers to change what they feed their hogs.

Americas

Mexico opens to U.S. bone-in beef
Mexico said on Wednesday it had reopened its border to U.S. imports of beef on the bone, lifting another part of a drawn out ban on American beef that started with a mad-cow disease outbreak.

Europe

Lamb fight in Wales
Welsh lamb farmers slam the Somerfield supermarket chain for backing New Zealand lamb.

Seminars feature prominently at Beef Expo
A day-long series of nine 20-minute seminars on a range of practical issues, concluding with a panel discussion in “Question Time” format, will be one of the major features at Beef Expo 2006.

USA

Piggy polls pile up pork projects
Congress has been raising a stink over pork barrel spending lately, but lawmakers are still larding the budget with suspicious projects - including some that definitely don't pass the smell test.

Consumers across the U.S. tell the USDA to not allow imposter organics
Across the United States, thousands of consumers are responding to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) public comment period on revisions to the National Organic Program (NOP).