Asia PacificUruguay exports to Russia boomingA shift of Uruguayan beef to the...

Asia Pacific

Uruguay exports to Russia booming
A shift of Uruguayan beef to the Russian market has boosted beef prices in the United States.

 

Americas

 

Argentina's beef exports plummet from a year ago
Argentina shipped far less beef through the first five months of 2006, down to 91,000 metric tons from 147,000 in the first five months of 2005.

 

Japan to Lift Ban on US Beef
Japan plans next week to officially approve a partial resumption of U.S. beef imports, which had been banned due to fears of mad cow disease, according to a news report Friday.

 

USA

 

U.S. ranchers seek import reforms  

R-CALF asks Congress and USDA to limit Canadian beef imports after Canada confirmed two more cases of BSE.

USDA reduces BSE testing to 40,000 cattle per year
Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced Thursday that going forward, USDA will reduce the number of cattle it tests for bovine spongiform encephalopathy to about one tenth of the number it has tested during its expanded surveillance program of the past two years.

Asia Pacific

Uruguay exports to Russia booming
A shift of Uruguayan beef to the Russian market has boosted beef prices in the United States.

 

Americas

 

Argentina's beef exports plummet from a year ago
Argentina shipped far less beef through the first five months of 2006, down to 91,000 metric tons from 147,000 in the first five months of 2005.

 

Japan to Lift Ban on US Beef
Japan plans next week to officially approve a partial resumption of U.S. beef imports, which had been banned due to fears of mad cow disease, according to a news report Friday.

 

USA

 

U.S. ranchers seek import reforms  

R-CALF asks Congress and USDA to limit Canadian beef imports after Canada confirmed two more cases of BSE.

USDA reduces BSE testing to 40,000 cattle per year
Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced Thursday that going forward, USDA will reduce the number of cattle it tests for bovine spongiform encephalopathy to about one tenth of the number it has tested during its expanded surveillance program of the past two years.