Asia PacificJapan may have another BSE caseA cow in northern Japan has tested...

Asia Pacific

Japan may have another BSE case
A cow in northern Japan has tested positive for mad cow disease in a preliminary test, and its samples are being sent to university laboratories to try to confirm the infection.

Drought Returning?
After recently recovering from a multiple-year drought, Australia’s cattle and sheep ranchers may be facing another dry year.

Europe

NBA urges Defra to go 'full throttle' on bone-in beef
The National Beef Association has urged Defra to go full throttle for the earliest possible re-introduction of unrestricted bone-in beef exports - which if all goes well could be secured by this time next year.

Hoax suspected in New Zealand foot-and-mouth threats
A letter sent to New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark threatening to expose the nation's cattle herd to foot-and-mouth disease is thought to be a hoax, but authorities are taking no chances.

USA

Tight U.S. hog supply has pork plants cutting output
Pork plants will be reducing production due to tight supplies of hogs and poor operating margins, and while this may increase pork prices it should not greatly hurt the hog market, livestock analysts said.

Grassley fights for CAFTA
Senator Chuck Grassley, an Iowa farmer who chairs the Senate Finance Committee, is fighting to save a small trade agreement that has taken on huge significance in Washington.

Asia Pacific

Japan may have another BSE case
A cow in northern Japan has tested positive for mad cow disease in a preliminary test, and its samples are being sent to university laboratories to try to confirm the infection.

Drought Returning?
After recently recovering from a multiple-year drought, Australia’s cattle and sheep ranchers may be facing another dry year.

Europe

NBA urges Defra to go 'full throttle' on bone-in beef
The National Beef Association has urged Defra to go full throttle for the earliest possible re-introduction of unrestricted bone-in beef exports - which if all goes well could be secured by this time next year.

Hoax suspected in New Zealand foot-and-mouth threats
A letter sent to New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark threatening to expose the nation's cattle herd to foot-and-mouth disease is thought to be a hoax, but authorities are taking no chances.

USA

Tight U.S. hog supply has pork plants cutting output
Pork plants will be reducing production due to tight supplies of hogs and poor operating margins, and while this may increase pork prices it should not greatly hurt the hog market, livestock analysts said.

Grassley fights for CAFTA
Senator Chuck Grassley, an Iowa farmer who chairs the Senate Finance Committee, is fighting to save a small trade agreement that has taken on huge significance in Washington.