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Asia Pacific

U.S. beef arrives in Taiwan
U.S. beef is back on the menu in Taiwan after being banned for a year-and-a-half because of the discovery of a single case of mad cow disease in Washington State.

U.S. BSE experts in Tokyo to win consumer trust
U.S. experts are in Tokyo this week to try to ease fears, particularly among consumers, about the safety of American beef, thrown in doubt after a U.S. case of mad cow disease triggered an import ban 16 months ago.

South Korea says no to reopening border, but accepts key U.S. assertions
Negotiators from the United States and South Korea met for three days last week, and the Koreans agreed that the U.S. plan to defend against bovine spongiform encephalopathy through targeted surveillance and testing of the highest-risk animals meets international standards for safety.

Americas

Beef industry, Canadian politicians turn up heat over border closing
Fed up with both R-CALF USA and USDA, a coalition of American cattlemen has filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals contending that Canadian beef is safe and that the original judge in the case erred in keeping the border closed to live cattle.

USA

Pork production at record high for March
Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 3.88 billion pounds in March.

Cargill drops some hog deals
Agricultural giant Cargill Inc. is phasing out some of its hog-growing agreements with farmers in central and south Arkansas this year, providing a first-hand lesson on the risks of contract farming.

FSIS calls for cooperative agreement proposals
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service is accepting proposals for cooperative agreement projects to be funded in fiscal year 2005.

More Cattle
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with a one-time capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.9 million head on April 1, 2005, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. The beef cattle inventory was one percent above April 1, 2004 and one percent above April 1, 2003.

Asia Pacific

U.S. beef arrives in Taiwan
U.S. beef is back on the menu in Taiwan after being banned for a year-and-a-half because of the discovery of a single case of mad cow disease in Washington State.

U.S. BSE experts in Tokyo to win consumer trust
U.S. experts are in Tokyo this week to try to ease fears, particularly among consumers, about the safety of American beef, thrown in doubt after a U.S. case of mad cow disease triggered an import ban 16 months ago.

South Korea says no to reopening border, but accepts key U.S. assertions
Negotiators from the United States and South Korea met for three days last week, and the Koreans agreed that the U.S. plan to defend against bovine spongiform encephalopathy through targeted surveillance and testing of the highest-risk animals meets international standards for safety.

Americas

Beef industry, Canadian politicians turn up heat over border closing
Fed up with both R-CALF USA and USDA, a coalition of American cattlemen has filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals contending that Canadian beef is safe and that the original judge in the case erred in keeping the border closed to live cattle.

USA

Pork production at record high for March
Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 3.88 billion pounds in March.

Cargill drops some hog deals
Agricultural giant Cargill Inc. is phasing out some of its hog-growing agreements with farmers in central and south Arkansas this year, providing a first-hand lesson on the risks of contract farming.

FSIS calls for cooperative agreement proposals
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service is accepting proposals for cooperative agreement projects to be funded in fiscal year 2005.

More Cattle
Cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with a one-time capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.9 million head on April 1, 2005, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. The beef cattle inventory was one percent above April 1, 2004 and one percent above April 1, 2003.