Asia PacificSoybean meal prices jump in China on dry weather Soybean meal pri...

Asia Pacific

Soybean meal prices jump in China on dry weather
Soybean meal prices in China rose as much as 4 percent, the biggest fluctuation of any commodity market today, on concern unusually dry weather may reduce crops in Brazil, the world's second biggest grower of soybeans.

Japan tells U.S. to be patient over resuming U.S. beef imports
Japan has asked the United States to be patient as it decides how to test cattle for mad cow disease amid fresh threats of retaliation by Washington unless Japan reopens its market to U.S. beef.

No U.S. beef to South Korea soon
A senior South Korean agriculture official said that Seoul has no intention of rushing to reopen its borders to American beef.

Americas

Alberta invests $38 million in prion research
Aiming to bolster consumer confidence in Alberta beef, the province of is spending $38 million (Canadian) to fund advanced research into the ultimate cause of bovine spongiform encephalopathy — how otherwise healthy prions become misfolded, leading to the disease in cattle.

USA

Some banned 'Downer' cattle weren't BSE threat
The U.S. Department of Agriculture banned meat from the human food supply from cattle too sick or injured to walk following the discovery of mad-cow disease in just such an animal over a year ago, but some of those banned cattle carried "no threat" of the disease.

Asia Pacific

Soybean meal prices jump in China on dry weather
Soybean meal prices in China rose as much as 4 percent, the biggest fluctuation of any commodity market today, on concern unusually dry weather may reduce crops in Brazil, the world's second biggest grower of soybeans.

Japan tells U.S. to be patient over resuming U.S. beef imports
Japan has asked the United States to be patient as it decides how to test cattle for mad cow disease amid fresh threats of retaliation by Washington unless Japan reopens its market to U.S. beef.

No U.S. beef to South Korea soon
A senior South Korean agriculture official said that Seoul has no intention of rushing to reopen its borders to American beef.

Americas

Alberta invests $38 million in prion research
Aiming to bolster consumer confidence in Alberta beef, the province of is spending $38 million (Canadian) to fund advanced research into the ultimate cause of bovine spongiform encephalopathy — how otherwise healthy prions become misfolded, leading to the disease in cattle.

USA

Some banned 'Downer' cattle weren't BSE threat
The U.S. Department of Agriculture banned meat from the human food supply from cattle too sick or injured to walk following the discovery of mad-cow disease in just such an animal over a year ago, but some of those banned cattle carried "no threat" of the disease.