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Asia Pacific
Russia bans Brazilian meat
Russia's Agriculture Ministry said Friday that it had imposed a ban on livestock, meat and related products from the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia following a viral disease outbreak.
Australian beef on roller-coaster ride
What goes up must come down, and after record beef exports to Japan through the first three quarters of 2005, Australia is being met with low demand, in part because Japanese customers seem to have stockpiled beef through the summer and are just now using up the excess.
Americas
Canadian hog industry expected to be trading carbon credits in early 2006
A pork industry working group, under the direction of the National Offsets Quantification Team (OQT), has developed a draft protocol to calculate the amount of greenhouse gas offsets generated from hog farms in Canada.
Europe
Ban dropped — Europeans can enjoy T-bone steaks again
The European Union has lifted the 4-year-old ban on T-bone cut steaks, prohibited in 2001 because they contain a round of backbone, which in turn contains nerve tissue that may harbor the prions that cause bovine spongiform encephalopathy and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the human form of BSE.
USA
Senators seek sanctions in Japan beef trade row
Some 20 U.S. senators from both political parties urged the U.S. Trade Representative on Friday to impose economic sanctions against Japan for failing to lift its ban on imports of American beef.
NPPC comment on agriculture secretary Mike Johanns’ farm policy remarks
On August 3, I attended a USDA Farm Bill forum in Redwood Falls, Minn., where crop and livestock producers and many other rural Minnesotans shared their views on current farm policy. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns hosted the forum, and he chose to listen that day.
New Montana Pork plant
Montana Pork Co. might build a plant capable of processing 500 hogs an hour - and providing about 150 initial jobs - in the Silicon Mountain Technology Park at Silver Bow, said spokesman R. Michael Sato.
Healthy cattle to be tested for BSE
UNITED STATES: USDA announced its plan to test approximately 20,000 healthy but older cattle for the brain-destroying disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
WPA celebrates pork month during October
The Wisconsin Pork Association is joining swine producers from accross the nation during October to celebrate National Pork Month.
Asia Pacific
Russia bans Brazilian meat
Russia's Agriculture Ministry said Friday that it had imposed a ban on livestock, meat and related products from the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia following a viral disease outbreak.
Australian beef on roller-coaster ride
What goes up must come down, and after record beef exports to Japan through the first three quarters of 2005, Australia is being met with low demand, in part because Japanese customers seem to have stockpiled beef through the summer and are just now using up the excess.
Americas
Canadian hog industry expected to be trading carbon credits in early 2006
A pork industry working group, under the direction of the National Offsets Quantification Team (OQT), has developed a draft protocol to calculate the amount of greenhouse gas offsets generated from hog farms in Canada.
Europe
Ban dropped — Europeans can enjoy T-bone steaks again
The European Union has lifted the 4-year-old ban on T-bone cut steaks, prohibited in 2001 because they contain a round of backbone, which in turn contains nerve tissue that may harbor the prions that cause bovine spongiform encephalopathy and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the human form of BSE.
USA
Senators seek sanctions in Japan beef trade row
Some 20 U.S. senators from both political parties urged the U.S. Trade Representative on Friday to impose economic sanctions against Japan for failing to lift its ban on imports of American beef.
NPPC comment on agriculture secretary Mike Johanns’ farm policy remarks
On August 3, I attended a USDA Farm Bill forum in Redwood Falls, Minn., where crop and livestock producers and many other rural Minnesotans shared their views on current farm policy. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns hosted the forum, and he chose to listen that day.
New Montana Pork plant
Montana Pork Co. might build a plant capable of processing 500 hogs an hour - and providing about 150 initial jobs - in the Silicon Mountain Technology Park at Silver Bow, said spokesman R. Michael Sato.
Healthy cattle to be tested for BSE
UNITED STATES: USDA announced its plan to test approximately 20,000 healthy but older cattle for the brain-destroying disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
WPA celebrates pork month during October
The Wisconsin Pork Association is joining swine producers from accross the nation during October to celebrate National Pork Month.