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Asia Pacific

Bird flu sparks Asian health scare
HONG KONG, China (CNN) -- World Health Organization officials have warned an outbreak of bird flu that has been racing across chicken farms in Asia could become a bigger problem than SARS.

Live Exports Tightened
Report into Australian live export trade gives eight recommendations to boost animal welfare.

American dairy group fears FTA
A peak American dairy group is claiming a free trade agreement withAustralia will cut 150,000 jobs from its industry

Saudi Arabia anxious to resume live trade
Western Australia's Agriculture Minister Kim Chance says Saudi Arabian authorities are anxious to resume the live export trade with Australia

Cattle prices rise on BSE concerns
The discovery of BSE, or mad cow disease, in the United States, is starting to have an impact on cattle markets in northern New South Wales.

Washington walks softly on beef ban
WASHINGTON-The United States has yet to convinceJapan to begin importing its beef again following the first case of BSE stateside, but the general consensus is that the Americans have yet to prod with much vigor.

Bird flu 'may be worse than Sars'
Experts warn that bird flu could become a bigger problem than Sars if it starts to spread among humans.

Americas

UPDATE 1-Canada tells Japan its mad cow tests are rigorous
Canada hopes to restart beef trade with Japan by arguing its measures to prevent and detect mad cow disease are equivalent to Japan's extensive testing for the brain-wasting illness, Canada's agriculture minister said on Tuesday.

Canada moves to lift Japan's beef ban
Canadian Agriculture Minister Bob Speller assured Japanese officials that Canada's beef supply was safe and proposed bilateral exchanges on the prevention of bovine spongiform encephalopathy as a step toward lifting Japan's ban on Canadian beef during a visit to Tokyo, the Associated Press reported.

Argentina Benefits From BSE
The first case of BSE in theUnited States could boost beef and soybean exports from Argentina.

USA

Mad Cow center stage at stock show
DENVER, Colorado(AP) -- It is the elephant in a room full of cattlemen: The mad cow scare is the topic everyone seems to be talking about at the National Western Stock Show, one of the nation's largest gatherings of beef ranchers.

CME cattle and pork complex preopening calls
CHICAGO, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle and pork complex futures pre-opening calls at 8:40 a.m. CST(1440 GMT) on Monday.

Biggest US farm group backs mad cow trace-back system
Delegates representing the 5.5 million members of the American Farm Bureau Federation voted on Tuesday to support a voluntaryU.S. livestock identification system to help prevent mad cow and other dangerous diseases.

As Americans shrug off mad cow, so does Wall St.
Investor concerns that consumers would shun beef after last month's discovery of the firstU.S. case of mad cow disease appear to have evaporated as shares of steakhouses and hamburger chains have snapped back to their previous levels.

Exports Pressure Prices
Cattle prices resume steep decline after USDA slashes its beef export estimates.

Bush Administration Proposes Full Funding For Ames Animal Health Complex
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman today announced that President Bush would include $178 million in the FY 2005 budget to complete the renovation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's new National Centers for Animal Health.

Asia Pacific

Bird flu sparks Asian health scare
HONG KONG, China (CNN) -- World Health Organization officials have warned an outbreak of bird flu that has been racing across chicken farms in Asia could become a bigger problem than SARS.

Live Exports Tightened
Report into Australian live export trade gives eight recommendations to boost animal welfare.

American dairy group fears FTA
A peak American dairy group is claiming a free trade agreement withAustralia will cut 150,000 jobs from its industry

Saudi Arabia anxious to resume live trade
Western Australia's Agriculture Minister Kim Chance says Saudi Arabian authorities are anxious to resume the live export trade with Australia

Cattle prices rise on BSE concerns
The discovery of BSE, or mad cow disease, in the United States, is starting to have an impact on cattle markets in northern New South Wales.

Washington walks softly on beef ban
WASHINGTON-The United States has yet to convinceJapan to begin importing its beef again following the first case of BSE stateside, but the general consensus is that the Americans have yet to prod with much vigor.

Bird flu 'may be worse than Sars'
Experts warn that bird flu could become a bigger problem than Sars if it starts to spread among humans.

Americas

UPDATE 1-Canada tells Japan its mad cow tests are rigorous
Canada hopes to restart beef trade with Japan by arguing its measures to prevent and detect mad cow disease are equivalent to Japan's extensive testing for the brain-wasting illness, Canada's agriculture minister said on Tuesday.

Canada moves to lift Japan's beef ban
Canadian Agriculture Minister Bob Speller assured Japanese officials that Canada's beef supply was safe and proposed bilateral exchanges on the prevention of bovine spongiform encephalopathy as a step toward lifting Japan's ban on Canadian beef during a visit to Tokyo, the Associated Press reported.

Argentina Benefits From BSE
The first case of BSE in theUnited States could boost beef and soybean exports from Argentina.

USA

Mad Cow center stage at stock show
DENVER, Colorado(AP) -- It is the elephant in a room full of cattlemen: The mad cow scare is the topic everyone seems to be talking about at the National Western Stock Show, one of the nation's largest gatherings of beef ranchers.

CME cattle and pork complex preopening calls
CHICAGO, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle and pork complex futures pre-opening calls at 8:40 a.m. CST(1440 GMT) on Monday.

Biggest US farm group backs mad cow trace-back system
Delegates representing the 5.5 million members of the American Farm Bureau Federation voted on Tuesday to support a voluntaryU.S. livestock identification system to help prevent mad cow and other dangerous diseases.

As Americans shrug off mad cow, so does Wall St.
Investor concerns that consumers would shun beef after last month's discovery of the firstU.S. case of mad cow disease appear to have evaporated as shares of steakhouses and hamburger chains have snapped back to their previous levels.

Exports Pressure Prices
Cattle prices resume steep decline after USDA slashes its beef export estimates.

Bush Administration Proposes Full Funding For Ames Animal Health Complex
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman today announced that President Bush would include $178 million in the FY 2005 budget to complete the renovation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's new National Centers for Animal Health.