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Asia Pacific
Pork producers consider legal action
Australia's leading pork producer's group will decide tomorrow what legal action it will take over pig meat imports.
BSE retest result won't affect Japan beef trade
Several USDA officials, including Penn, met with a visiting delegation of Japanese politicians, led by the chairman of the Diet's Agriculture Committee. Penn said visiting officials are concerned about how to convince their constituents that U.S. beef is safe in preparation for the resumption of trade.
Foot and mouth outbreak reported in Russia
A small village in the far eastern part of Russia, close to the Chinese border, has slaughtered all of its cattle and swine after an outbreak of foot and mouth disease.
Live sheep exports to improve
THE reopening of a key Middle East market would push up the export of live sheep by almost a quarter this coming financial year, the nation's chief commodities forecaster said today.
Americas
Grain availability and quality expected to determine fall feed prices
A Barhead, Alberta based feed supplier says key factors that will affect feed ingredient costs this coming fall will include total availability of grain and the quality of that grain.
Europe
Austria finds second case of mad cow disease
A case of mad cow disease has been found in Austria, the second in the Alpine country's history, the health and agriculture ministers said on Tuesday.
Royal Opening
Britain’s Princess Anne opens the beef quality conference in Edinburgh, Scotland.
USA
Hawaii pork production down 8%
Pork production is running 312,000 pounds a month, based on March figures collected by the Hawaii Agricultural Statistics Service.
New “Live” BSE test offers promise
A new test for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, BSE, has been announced. Vacci-Test ™ Corporation has announced that they have created a simple test that can be run on live cattle to detect Brain Diseases (BD) such as BSE.
Johanns announces first Farm Bill forum
Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today announced the first Farm Bill Forum and the topics on which the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be seeking input from America's farmers, ranchers and rural residents regarding the development of the 2007 Farm Bill.
R-CALF sends exploratory committee to Central America
A four-person fact-finding team will visit several Central American countries starting this weekend to meet with ranchers, labor groups, agricultural officials and other entities concerning the Central American Free Trade Agreement - Dominican Republic, or CAFTA-DR.
Asia Pacific
Pork producers consider legal action
Australia's leading pork producer's group will decide tomorrow what legal action it will take over pig meat imports.
BSE retest result won't affect Japan beef trade
Several USDA officials, including Penn, met with a visiting delegation of Japanese politicians, led by the chairman of the Diet's Agriculture Committee. Penn said visiting officials are concerned about how to convince their constituents that U.S. beef is safe in preparation for the resumption of trade.
Foot and mouth outbreak reported in Russia
A small village in the far eastern part of Russia, close to the Chinese border, has slaughtered all of its cattle and swine after an outbreak of foot and mouth disease.
Live sheep exports to improve
THE reopening of a key Middle East market would push up the export of live sheep by almost a quarter this coming financial year, the nation's chief commodities forecaster said today.
Americas
Grain availability and quality expected to determine fall feed prices
A Barhead, Alberta based feed supplier says key factors that will affect feed ingredient costs this coming fall will include total availability of grain and the quality of that grain.
Europe
Austria finds second case of mad cow disease
A case of mad cow disease has been found in Austria, the second in the Alpine country's history, the health and agriculture ministers said on Tuesday.
Royal Opening
Britain’s Princess Anne opens the beef quality conference in Edinburgh, Scotland.
USA
Hawaii pork production down 8%
Pork production is running 312,000 pounds a month, based on March figures collected by the Hawaii Agricultural Statistics Service.
New “Live” BSE test offers promise
A new test for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, BSE, has been announced. Vacci-Test ™ Corporation has announced that they have created a simple test that can be run on live cattle to detect Brain Diseases (BD) such as BSE.
Johanns announces first Farm Bill forum
Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today announced the first Farm Bill Forum and the topics on which the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be seeking input from America's farmers, ranchers and rural residents regarding the development of the 2007 Farm Bill.
R-CALF sends exploratory committee to Central America
A four-person fact-finding team will visit several Central American countries starting this weekend to meet with ranchers, labor groups, agricultural officials and other entities concerning the Central American Free Trade Agreement - Dominican Republic, or CAFTA-DR.