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Asia Pacific

Japan, U.S. nearing resolution on beef
Japanese and U.S. officials are nearing a resolution to a 13-month ban on American beef imports to Japan that could soon have U.S. beef producers regaining limited access to a billion-dollar market, a U.S. agricultural official said Wednesday.

Korea to test RFID tags on imported beef
The Korean Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service is launching a pilot program to trace all imported beef with radio frequency identification (RFID) chips in an effort to quell consumer fears of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

Martin urges Japan to end beef ban
Prime Minister Paul Martin is pushing his Japanese counterpart to open the country to Canadian beef as the men kicked off the first Canada-Japan meeting of leaders in six years.

Europe

£1m adverts target pork imports
The British pig executive has launched a £1m advertising campaign for British pork that looks like starting a bacon war with the Netherlands and Denmark.

Qualty mark support
The British pork industry aims to show the difference between British and imported product.

Americas

Canada mad cow probe traces two more animals to U.S.
Inspectors have traced two more cows from an Alberta dairy herd to the United States in their investigation into the country's second home-grown case of mad cow disease, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said on Monday.

Soybean prices may plunge to three-year low as Brazil harvests record crop
Soybean prices are likely to fall to a three-year low as importers delay purchases just as farmers in Brazil, the world's second-largest grower, are about to harvest a record crop, said The Linn Group, a Chicago futures broker.

USA

NCBA members won't talk to media on Canada trade trip
A team of U.S. cattlemen have arrived in Alberta seeking answers about beef industry practices there.

Senator to propose legislation that will keep Canadian border closed
Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., will introduce legislation to keep the U.S.-Canadian border closed to imports of live Canadian cattle until mandatory country-of-origin labeling is implemented. The border is scheduled to open March 7.

Pig price gap continues to widen
The GAP between farm gate and retail pigmeat prices is getting wider, according to a study from the Meat and Livestock Commission.

Asia Pacific

Japan, U.S. nearing resolution on beef
Japanese and U.S. officials are nearing a resolution to a 13-month ban on American beef imports to Japan that could soon have U.S. beef producers regaining limited access to a billion-dollar market, a U.S. agricultural official said Wednesday.

Korea to test RFID tags on imported beef
The Korean Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service is launching a pilot program to trace all imported beef with radio frequency identification (RFID) chips in an effort to quell consumer fears of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

Martin urges Japan to end beef ban
Prime Minister Paul Martin is pushing his Japanese counterpart to open the country to Canadian beef as the men kicked off the first Canada-Japan meeting of leaders in six years.

Europe

£1m adverts target pork imports
The British pig executive has launched a £1m advertising campaign for British pork that looks like starting a bacon war with the Netherlands and Denmark.

Qualty mark support
The British pork industry aims to show the difference between British and imported product.

Americas

Canada mad cow probe traces two more animals to U.S.
Inspectors have traced two more cows from an Alberta dairy herd to the United States in their investigation into the country's second home-grown case of mad cow disease, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said on Monday.

Soybean prices may plunge to three-year low as Brazil harvests record crop
Soybean prices are likely to fall to a three-year low as importers delay purchases just as farmers in Brazil, the world's second-largest grower, are about to harvest a record crop, said The Linn Group, a Chicago futures broker.

USA

NCBA members won't talk to media on Canada trade trip
A team of U.S. cattlemen have arrived in Alberta seeking answers about beef industry practices there.

Senator to propose legislation that will keep Canadian border closed
Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., will introduce legislation to keep the U.S.-Canadian border closed to imports of live Canadian cattle until mandatory country-of-origin labeling is implemented. The border is scheduled to open March 7.

Pig price gap continues to widen
The GAP between farm gate and retail pigmeat prices is getting wider, according to a study from the Meat and Livestock Commission.