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Asia Pacific

JAPAN/USA: Officials to begin fourth consultation on BSE issue
Officials from the Japanese and US governments are to hold a further consultation this week in Tokyo on the issue of beef trade between the two countries.

Processor discusses reopening Katherine Meatworks
Australia's third largest meat processor is in the Northern Territory this week discussing the possibility of re-opening the Katherine Meatworks.[

Europe

EU embargo of British beef could end next year
European Union officials said that in light of a sharp drop in reported cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in British cattle, an embargo on imports of beef from the United Kingdom could be lifted in 2005.

U.S.

U.S. pushes China to resume beef and poultry trade
The U.S. is urging China to lift imports on beef and poultry imposed because of bovine spongiform encephalopathy and avian influenza.

Rise in beef cattle futures contracts
On the cattle market, concerns about when US beef will re-enter the Japanese market has spurred more producers to lock in futures contracts.

Why it pays to keep cattle healthy on the feedlot
Recent analysis put a dollar value on efforts to keep cattle healthy on the feedlot. Calves that required two or more treatments for BRD took nearly $170 out of producers' pockets.

Asia Pacific

JAPAN/USA: Officials to begin fourth consultation on BSE issue
Officials from the Japanese and US governments are to hold a further consultation this week in Tokyo on the issue of beef trade between the two countries.

Processor discusses reopening Katherine Meatworks
Australia's third largest meat processor is in the Northern Territory this week discussing the possibility of re-opening the Katherine Meatworks.[

Europe

EU embargo of British beef could end next year
European Union officials said that in light of a sharp drop in reported cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in British cattle, an embargo on imports of beef from the United Kingdom could be lifted in 2005.

U.S.

U.S. pushes China to resume beef and poultry trade
The U.S. is urging China to lift imports on beef and poultry imposed because of bovine spongiform encephalopathy and avian influenza.

Rise in beef cattle futures contracts
On the cattle market, concerns about when US beef will re-enter the Japanese market has spurred more producers to lock in futures contracts.

Why it pays to keep cattle healthy on the feedlot
Recent analysis put a dollar value on efforts to keep cattle healthy on the feedlot. Calves that required two or more treatments for BRD took nearly $170 out of producers' pockets.