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Asia Pacific

Russia ban hits Polish pork price
After Russia has banned Polish meat import, prices on meat and many meat products decreased significantly in Poland. According to the experts' evaluations, pork price may drop from $ 1.1-1.13 to $ 1 per one kilo of live weight.

Korea meat imports +38.5%
South Korean imports of livestock products jumped nearly 40% in the first nine months of the year from a year ago, a state-run agricultural corporation said Tuesday.

Animal welfare campaign to target long haul livestock transport
Beef and cattle producers have been warned they need to get organised or suffer the consequences of the latest animal welfare campaign.

Europe

Just 10,000 farmers to be left by 2025, states report
Only 10,000 full-time farmers will be left by 2025 compared to just over 40,000 now if current trends continue, according to a Government-funded report to be launched today by Minister for Agriculture Mary Coughlan, writes Seán Mac Connell, Agriculture Correspondent

UK pork shortage
Stable EU mainland pig prices were reflected by UK spot quotes for pig supplies in the week commencing 14th November.

USA

Bush, Koizumi reaffirm alliance
The alliance is strong, Japan's troops won't be leaving Iraq just yet, and there may even be some progress soon on lifting a contentious ban on imports of U.S. beef, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said after a summit Wednesday with U.S. President George W. Bush.

U.S. projects beef trade 2006
In the corrected version of, "USDA Projects 2006 US Beef Exports and Imports," published November 3, 2005, at 4:05 p.m. EST, the figure for 2006 U.S. imports were incorrectly reported as 1.715 million metric tons, but should have read 1.687 million metric tons.

U.S. Pork Board to talk strategy
The National Pork Board will meet in Des Moines Nov. 15-16 to complete work on the 2006 strategic plan and budget for submission to the U.S. secretary of agriculture, who will approve the final budget. The meeting will be at the National Pork Board headquarters.

Asia Pacific

Russia ban hits Polish pork price
After Russia has banned Polish meat import, prices on meat and many meat products decreased significantly in Poland. According to the experts' evaluations, pork price may drop from $ 1.1-1.13 to $ 1 per one kilo of live weight.

Korea meat imports +38.5%
South Korean imports of livestock products jumped nearly 40% in the first nine months of the year from a year ago, a state-run agricultural corporation said Tuesday.

Animal welfare campaign to target long haul livestock transport
Beef and cattle producers have been warned they need to get organised or suffer the consequences of the latest animal welfare campaign.

Europe

Just 10,000 farmers to be left by 2025, states report
Only 10,000 full-time farmers will be left by 2025 compared to just over 40,000 now if current trends continue, according to a Government-funded report to be launched today by Minister for Agriculture Mary Coughlan, writes Seán Mac Connell, Agriculture Correspondent

UK pork shortage
Stable EU mainland pig prices were reflected by UK spot quotes for pig supplies in the week commencing 14th November.

USA

Bush, Koizumi reaffirm alliance
The alliance is strong, Japan's troops won't be leaving Iraq just yet, and there may even be some progress soon on lifting a contentious ban on imports of U.S. beef, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said after a summit Wednesday with U.S. President George W. Bush.

U.S. projects beef trade 2006
In the corrected version of, "USDA Projects 2006 US Beef Exports and Imports," published November 3, 2005, at 4:05 p.m. EST, the figure for 2006 U.S. imports were incorrectly reported as 1.715 million metric tons, but should have read 1.687 million metric tons.

U.S. Pork Board to talk strategy
The National Pork Board will meet in Des Moines Nov. 15-16 to complete work on the 2006 strategic plan and budget for submission to the U.S. secretary of agriculture, who will approve the final budget. The meeting will be at the National Pork Board headquarters.