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AsiaPacific

Animal activists sting Australia sheep shipment
Animal rights campaigners have tried to disrupt a shipment of 70,000 sheep bound for theMiddle East by feeding them with pig meat, which Muslims will not eat.

ABARE: WTO Members Must Re-engage
The Australian Bureau of Ag and Resource Economics (ABARE) says countries must actively re-engage in agricultural negotiations in the WTO if substantial gains can be achieved. Dr Fisher, Executive Director of ABARE, said countries need to re-engage quickly if the timeline established at the Dohaministerial meeting has any chance of being achieved.

New Zealand predicts higher beef sales
Australian beef exporters could face increased competition from across the Tasman.

Australia to supply dairy cattle to China
Australia has signed a quality assurance agreement with China for the supply of dairy cattle.

Update: Nippon Meat Packers Returns to Black with 3.3-Fold Profit Rise
Nippon Meat Packers Inc. said Tuesday it enjoyed a 3.31-fold increase in group net profit in the April-September fiscal first half in the absence of losses it incurred a year before over a beef mislabeling scandal.

Americas

Canada eyes year-round imports of U.S. cattle
Agriculture Minister Lyle Vanclief said on Tuesday thatCanada is likely to allow year-round imports of U.S. feeder cattle by the end of 2003.

AMERICAS: Governments struggle to reach agreement in free trade talks
The governments of 34 countries from the Americas will be struggling today (Wednesday) to come to a draft trade agreement, much of which centres on agricultural subsidies.

Single BSE-infected cow costs Canada $2.5 billion
A study commissioned by the Canadian government shows Canada's beef industry has lost an estimated $2.5 billion since it detected its first and only case of mad cow disease six months ago, according to a new study obtained by Reuters.

Europe

EU extends wheat import quota rules to Canada/U.S.
The European Union has confirmed it will open up its general wheat import quotas to North American exporters as a way of easing the bloc's tight grain balance, the Official Journal said on Wednesday.

USA

USDA: Beef Supplies To Remain Tight
USDA, in their monthly Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook Report, said beef supplies will continue to tighten untilU.S. herds expand to increase beef supplies.

Smithfield vows to keep open Nebraska hog operation
The 1,000-strong employee Crete, Neb. hog processing facility, bought by Smithfield Foods as part of its Farmland pork acquisition, will become the company's flagship hog slaughtering operation, company officials said during a public hearing in Nebraskawhere the nation's largest pork processor sought to ally fears it might shutter the operation.

Indiana producers market beef on new Web site
A Hoosier farm news broadcaster who recently launched a Web site to allow Indianafarmers to meat other ag products online says more than 30 producers are now using it to market their products.

U.S. Border Could Re-open Early in New Year
Beef producers are viewing with guarded optimism an announcement Fri., Oct. 31 that theU.S. border will be opened to Canadian live cattle imports sometime in the new year.

AsiaPacific

Animal activists sting Australia sheep shipment
Animal rights campaigners have tried to disrupt a shipment of 70,000 sheep bound for theMiddle East by feeding them with pig meat, which Muslims will not eat.

ABARE: WTO Members Must Re-engage
The Australian Bureau of Ag and Resource Economics (ABARE) says countries must actively re-engage in agricultural negotiations in the WTO if substantial gains can be achieved. Dr Fisher, Executive Director of ABARE, said countries need to re-engage quickly if the timeline established at the Dohaministerial meeting has any chance of being achieved.

New Zealand predicts higher beef sales
Australian beef exporters could face increased competition from across the Tasman.

Australia to supply dairy cattle to China
Australia has signed a quality assurance agreement with China for the supply of dairy cattle.

Update: Nippon Meat Packers Returns to Black with 3.3-Fold Profit Rise
Nippon Meat Packers Inc. said Tuesday it enjoyed a 3.31-fold increase in group net profit in the April-September fiscal first half in the absence of losses it incurred a year before over a beef mislabeling scandal.

Americas

Canada eyes year-round imports of U.S. cattle
Agriculture Minister Lyle Vanclief said on Tuesday thatCanada is likely to allow year-round imports of U.S. feeder cattle by the end of 2003.

AMERICAS: Governments struggle to reach agreement in free trade talks
The governments of 34 countries from the Americas will be struggling today (Wednesday) to come to a draft trade agreement, much of which centres on agricultural subsidies.

Single BSE-infected cow costs Canada $2.5 billion
A study commissioned by the Canadian government shows Canada's beef industry has lost an estimated $2.5 billion since it detected its first and only case of mad cow disease six months ago, according to a new study obtained by Reuters.

Europe

EU extends wheat import quota rules to Canada/U.S.
The European Union has confirmed it will open up its general wheat import quotas to North American exporters as a way of easing the bloc's tight grain balance, the Official Journal said on Wednesday.

USA

USDA: Beef Supplies To Remain Tight
USDA, in their monthly Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook Report, said beef supplies will continue to tighten untilU.S. herds expand to increase beef supplies.

Smithfield vows to keep open Nebraska hog operation
The 1,000-strong employee Crete, Neb. hog processing facility, bought by Smithfield Foods as part of its Farmland pork acquisition, will become the company's flagship hog slaughtering operation, company officials said during a public hearing in Nebraskawhere the nation's largest pork processor sought to ally fears it might shutter the operation.

Indiana producers market beef on new Web site
A Hoosier farm news broadcaster who recently launched a Web site to allow Indianafarmers to meat other ag products online says more than 30 producers are now using it to market their products.

U.S. Border Could Re-open Early in New Year
Beef producers are viewing with guarded optimism an announcement Fri., Oct. 31 that theU.S. border will be opened to Canadian live cattle imports sometime in the new year.