Asia PacificExpected Record Australia reports it exported a record 393,000 me...

Asia Pacific

Expected Record
Australia reports it exported a record 393,000 metric tons of beef to Japan last year.

Europe

Commission considers alternatives to antibiotics ahead of ban
The European Commission is to consider the use of natural plant extracts as an alternative to antibiotics to promote animal growth.

EC clears acquisition of Hendrix Meat Group by Sovion
The new company will be the largest player in The Netherlands and one of the largest in Northern Europe, but the Commission has concluded that the transaction would not significantly impede effective competition in the various markets where the parties are active.

A good idea gone wrong
IPPC is an otiose piece of legislation. It will impose a considerable strain on European pig producers, inevitably causing some to quit, whilst doing little to save the planet, because production will be transferred to less exacting parts of the world.

Ban Lifted
The European Union relaxes its restrictions on meat from Argentina put in place because of FMD.

Americas

Canada doing damage control over BSE
Canada is in full damage control mode over the latest mad cow scare, as concerns about Canadian beef mounted on both sides of the border.

USA

Veneman Recognized
The American Meat Institute presents USDA Secretary Veneman with one of its highest honors.

Spray right to control rust
The ability to successfully apply fungicides will be critical in dealing with an outbreak of soybean rust during the coming growing season.

Cargill earnings boosted by one-time gain
U.S. food and agribusiness Cargill has said its second-quarter net earnings almost doubled from a year earlier due to a one-off gain of US$597m related to the merger of its former crop nutrition business with IMC Global.

Swine disease partnership
A ten-year research partnership that has focused on swine disease and vaccine research and development, has been extended through 2010. Parties to the deal say they are hopeful the partnership will lead to the discovery of even more efficacious vaccine solutions to help swine producers control PRRS and other swine diseases.

Asia Pacific

Expected Record
Australia reports it exported a record 393,000 metric tons of beef to Japan last year.

Europe

Commission considers alternatives to antibiotics ahead of ban
The European Commission is to consider the use of natural plant extracts as an alternative to antibiotics to promote animal growth.

EC clears acquisition of Hendrix Meat Group by Sovion
The new company will be the largest player in The Netherlands and one of the largest in Northern Europe, but the Commission has concluded that the transaction would not significantly impede effective competition in the various markets where the parties are active.

A good idea gone wrong
IPPC is an otiose piece of legislation. It will impose a considerable strain on European pig producers, inevitably causing some to quit, whilst doing little to save the planet, because production will be transferred to less exacting parts of the world.

Ban Lifted
The European Union relaxes its restrictions on meat from Argentina put in place because of FMD.

Americas

Canada doing damage control over BSE
Canada is in full damage control mode over the latest mad cow scare, as concerns about Canadian beef mounted on both sides of the border.

USA

Veneman Recognized
The American Meat Institute presents USDA Secretary Veneman with one of its highest honors.

Spray right to control rust
The ability to successfully apply fungicides will be critical in dealing with an outbreak of soybean rust during the coming growing season.

Cargill earnings boosted by one-time gain
U.S. food and agribusiness Cargill has said its second-quarter net earnings almost doubled from a year earlier due to a one-off gain of US$597m related to the merger of its former crop nutrition business with IMC Global.

Swine disease partnership
A ten-year research partnership that has focused on swine disease and vaccine research and development, has been extended through 2010. Parties to the deal say they are hopeful the partnership will lead to the discovery of even more efficacious vaccine solutions to help swine producers control PRRS and other swine diseases.