Asia PacificSmall pig breeders told to switch to cultivationSeven small-scale...
Asia Pacific
Small pig breeders told to switch to cultivation
Seven small-scale and conventional pig breeders in Selangor who polluted Sungai Langat have been ordered to stop their activity and switch to cultivating their land.
Imports hurt pig farmers
The Australian pork industry is facing a threat from subsidised imported meat, says VFF Pig Group president David Miles.
Japan against OIE beef rule
The Japanese Agriculture Ministry has criticized proposals from the World Animal Health Organisation to ease restrictions on trade in boneless beef.
Beef firm promotes top end irrigation scheme
The Australian Agriculture Company says the Top End should model itself on the Ord River system to help the region become a new centre for farming.
Americas
Mad cow class action
Justice Warren Winkler, the Regional Senior Justice of Toronto, is the judge who will decide whether the BSE class action filed in Ontario on behalf of Canadian cattle producers against the federal government and Ridley will proceed.
Europe
Investment in pig industry still woefully poor
Despite UK pig prices being comparatively healthy for several years running, investment is still woefully poor and the impact of problems such as disease and unfair legislation are still referred to as though they all happened yesterday.
HACCP Warning
Hazard control points in U.K. meat plants are failing according to union.
USA
Iowa feedlots expanding
Half of Iowa's feedlot owners say they are feeding more cattle today than they were five years ago, while one third have remained the same size, according to the results of a survey conducted this winter by the Iowa Beef Center and the Iowa Cattlemen's Association.
U.S. meatpackers brace for cuts
Canada's beef industry says it will soon have so much domestic slaughterhouse capacity that it will no longer have to send cattle to the U.S. for processing once the border reopens.
mCOOL delay
Labels telling U.S. consumers where their meat comes from must be in place beginning next year, but lawmakers took action that could delay the labels for months.
State ends effort to sell failed beef plant
State officials have ended their efforts to sell the failed state-backed Mississippi Beef Processors plant.
Asia Pacific
Small pig breeders told to switch to cultivation
Seven small-scale and conventional pig breeders in Selangor who polluted Sungai Langat have been ordered to stop their activity and switch to cultivating their land.
Imports hurt pig farmers
The Australian pork industry is facing a threat from subsidised imported meat, says VFF Pig Group president David Miles.
Japan against OIE beef rule
The Japanese Agriculture Ministry has criticized proposals from the World Animal Health Organisation to ease restrictions on trade in boneless beef.
Beef firm promotes top end irrigation scheme
The Australian Agriculture Company says the Top End should model itself on the Ord River system to help the region become a new centre for farming.
Americas
Mad cow class action
Justice Warren Winkler, the Regional Senior Justice of Toronto, is the judge who will decide whether the BSE class action filed in Ontario on behalf of Canadian cattle producers against the federal government and Ridley will proceed.
Europe
Investment in pig industry still woefully poor
Despite UK pig prices being comparatively healthy for several years running, investment is still woefully poor and the impact of problems such as disease and unfair legislation are still referred to as though they all happened yesterday.
HACCP Warning
Hazard control points in U.K. meat plants are failing according to union.
USA
Iowa feedlots expanding
Half of Iowa's feedlot owners say they are feeding more cattle today than they were five years ago, while one third have remained the same size, according to the results of a survey conducted this winter by the Iowa Beef Center and the Iowa Cattlemen's Association.
U.S. meatpackers brace for cuts
Canada's beef industry says it will soon have so much domestic slaughterhouse capacity that it will no longer have to send cattle to the U.S. for processing once the border reopens.
mCOOL delay
Labels telling U.S. consumers where their meat comes from must be in place beginning next year, but lawmakers took action that could delay the labels for months.
State ends effort to sell failed beef plant
State officials have ended their efforts to sell the failed state-backed Mississippi Beef Processors plant.