Asia PacificChina names mystery diseaseA highly pathogenic pig disease respon...

Asia Pacific

China names mystery disease
A highly pathogenic pig disease responsible for 24 human deaths in Sichuan province has been identified by mainland authorities a month after the first admission to hospital.

Asian market primed
Securing New Zealand's place in the North Asian beef market will be one of a key focuses of Meat and Wool New Zealand in 2005-06.

U.S. encouraging Japan over beef
Clay Hamilton, the top agricultural official at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, on Tuesday reiterated that U.S. beef is safe at a debate session with Japanese experts and consumers, apparently trying to persuade Japan to swiftly lift its ban on U.S. beef imports, even though gaps remain between both countries.

FMD In China
Chinese veterinary authority reports two new cases of foot and mouth disease

Americas

Canadian beef plant moves ahead
A farming cooperative in Northern Alberta is going ahead with plans to build its own meat processing facility. Members of the Peace Country Tender Beef Co-op say they're not deterred by the long-awaited reopening of the American border to Canadian cattle.

Europe

Light at end of tunnel for older beef cattle
Expectations have been mounting in the farming and processing sectors that, after almost ten years, beef from cattle aged over 30 months of age might be allowed back into the human food chain.

USA

Appeals court opinion should not affect border trial, R-CALF says
Despite a blistering opinion by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals concerning the temporary injunction that kept the Canadian border closed to live cattle from March 2 to July 18, plaintiff Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers of America is confident that it will have its day in court.

Cattle markets adjust to summer supplies
Seasonal declines in the beef market have already absorbed some of the impact of a recent federal appeals' court ruling, lifting the ban on Canadian cattle imported into the United States, a Texas Cooperative Extension economist said.

Asia Pacific

China names mystery disease
A highly pathogenic pig disease responsible for 24 human deaths in Sichuan province has been identified by mainland authorities a month after the first admission to hospital.

Asian market primed
Securing New Zealand's place in the North Asian beef market will be one of a key focuses of Meat and Wool New Zealand in 2005-06.

U.S. encouraging Japan over beef
Clay Hamilton, the top agricultural official at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, on Tuesday reiterated that U.S. beef is safe at a debate session with Japanese experts and consumers, apparently trying to persuade Japan to swiftly lift its ban on U.S. beef imports, even though gaps remain between both countries.

FMD In China
Chinese veterinary authority reports two new cases of foot and mouth disease

Americas

Canadian beef plant moves ahead
A farming cooperative in Northern Alberta is going ahead with plans to build its own meat processing facility. Members of the Peace Country Tender Beef Co-op say they're not deterred by the long-awaited reopening of the American border to Canadian cattle.

Europe

Light at end of tunnel for older beef cattle
Expectations have been mounting in the farming and processing sectors that, after almost ten years, beef from cattle aged over 30 months of age might be allowed back into the human food chain.

USA

Appeals court opinion should not affect border trial, R-CALF says
Despite a blistering opinion by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals concerning the temporary injunction that kept the Canadian border closed to live cattle from March 2 to July 18, plaintiff Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers of America is confident that it will have its day in court.

Cattle markets adjust to summer supplies
Seasonal declines in the beef market have already absorbed some of the impact of a recent federal appeals' court ruling, lifting the ban on Canadian cattle imported into the United States, a Texas Cooperative Extension economist said.