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Asia Pacific

Japanese officials accept U.S. grading system for cattle ages
Japanese technical experts today accepted the U.S. grading system for determining the ages of cattle, the U.S. government said, moving Japan a step closer to resuming purchases of U.S. beef.

Europe

Scots goat might have suffered mad cow disease
A goat that died in Scotland 15 years ago may have had mad cow disease, scientists said yesterday, although further examination was needed.

Low-temperature rendering plant, British cattle may have been source of BSE in North America
The head of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association 's fact-finding mission to Canada in January says that while it is unlikely that anyone will ever know for sure, the presence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in North America may be due to a single British animal rendered in a low-temperature plant in Alberta, then added to cattle feed which was then sold on both sides of the border.

Americas

Canadian pork expected to begin moving into the EU by early summer
Canada Pork International says a new pork equivalency agreement between Canada and the European Union could open the door to the movement of Canadian pork into Europe by late spring or early summer.

FAO says recent BSE cases are 'isolated incidents'
The few cases of BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy), or “mad cow disease”, in cattle in Canada and the US, and the single case of BSE recently confirmed in a goat in France should not cause panic among consumers and producers, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said.

USA

Johanns outlines President's agriculture budget
Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today released details of President Bush's FY 2006 U.S. Department of Agriculture budget, which meets the department's most important priorities, while exercising fiscal discipline to help meet the President's deficit reduction goals.

Tracking Trails
The USDA is funding the Northwest Pilot Project, which pays eligible participants $0.75 per transaction per animal every time the producer enters identification data, according to the Idaho Statesman newspaper.

Soybeans finish higher on board of trade
Soybean futures increased while grain futures finished mixed Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Asia Pacific

Japanese officials accept U.S. grading system for cattle ages
Japanese technical experts today accepted the U.S. grading system for determining the ages of cattle, the U.S. government said, moving Japan a step closer to resuming purchases of U.S. beef.

Europe

Scots goat might have suffered mad cow disease
A goat that died in Scotland 15 years ago may have had mad cow disease, scientists said yesterday, although further examination was needed.

Low-temperature rendering plant, British cattle may have been source of BSE in North America
The head of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association 's fact-finding mission to Canada in January says that while it is unlikely that anyone will ever know for sure, the presence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in North America may be due to a single British animal rendered in a low-temperature plant in Alberta, then added to cattle feed which was then sold on both sides of the border.

Americas

Canadian pork expected to begin moving into the EU by early summer
Canada Pork International says a new pork equivalency agreement between Canada and the European Union could open the door to the movement of Canadian pork into Europe by late spring or early summer.

FAO says recent BSE cases are 'isolated incidents'
The few cases of BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy), or “mad cow disease”, in cattle in Canada and the US, and the single case of BSE recently confirmed in a goat in France should not cause panic among consumers and producers, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said.

USA

Johanns outlines President's agriculture budget
Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today released details of President Bush's FY 2006 U.S. Department of Agriculture budget, which meets the department's most important priorities, while exercising fiscal discipline to help meet the President's deficit reduction goals.

Tracking Trails
The USDA is funding the Northwest Pilot Project, which pays eligible participants $0.75 per transaction per animal every time the producer enters identification data, according to the Idaho Statesman newspaper.

Soybeans finish higher on board of trade
Soybean futures increased while grain futures finished mixed Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.