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U.S./Japan Working on End to Beef Ban
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick today said after discussion with Japanese officials, the countries are working on an agreement to end the beef ban imposed after the BSE incident in Washingtonstate.

Japan criticizes U.S. decision to end BSE investigation
Responding to the Agriculture Department's announcement that it was ending its search for cattle associated with the bovine spongiform encephalopathy discovery in December, Japanese officials expressed concern thatU.S. officials have not done enough to ease fears over BSE.

Kansas Gov., Japanese official tour feedlot
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and members of the Kansas Livestock Association hosted a feedlot tour for Japanese Consul General Takao Shibata as part of industry and government efforts to restore beef exports toJapan.

FMD Under Control
Vietnam says is has controlled its recent outbreak of food and mouth disease.

FTA Cheered and Jeered
U.S. pork group believes the new U.S.-Australia free trade agreement will benefit its industry but Australia’s beef industry cites flaws.

Encouraging news for beef and sheep meat producers
There's some encouraging news for beef and sheep meat producers, in the latest supply and demand forecast by Meat and Livestock Australia.

Pork crowned king in Japan
The emergence of pork as the king of meat is the unlikely trend sweeping through Japanese fast food restaurants that offered beef bowls as their mainstay menu item, asJapan halted imports of American beef in December following the first U.S. case of mad cow disease.

Europe

Smithfield Completes U.K. Purchase
U.S. pork processor completes U.K. acquisitions forming Smithfield Foods Ltd.

USA

Conservation program rule raked
Farmers and others on Wednesday criticized the rule proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that would implement the new conservation security program.

Asia Pacific

U.S./Japan Working on End to Beef Ban
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick today said after discussion with Japanese officials, the countries are working on an agreement to end the beef ban imposed after the BSE incident in Washingtonstate.

Japan criticizes U.S. decision to end BSE investigation
Responding to the Agriculture Department's announcement that it was ending its search for cattle associated with the bovine spongiform encephalopathy discovery in December, Japanese officials expressed concern thatU.S. officials have not done enough to ease fears over BSE.

Kansas Gov., Japanese official tour feedlot
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and members of the Kansas Livestock Association hosted a feedlot tour for Japanese Consul General Takao Shibata as part of industry and government efforts to restore beef exports toJapan.

FMD Under Control
Vietnam says is has controlled its recent outbreak of food and mouth disease.

FTA Cheered and Jeered
U.S. pork group believes the new U.S.-Australia free trade agreement will benefit its industry but Australia’s beef industry cites flaws.

Encouraging news for beef and sheep meat producers
There's some encouraging news for beef and sheep meat producers, in the latest supply and demand forecast by Meat and Livestock Australia.

Pork crowned king in Japan
The emergence of pork as the king of meat is the unlikely trend sweeping through Japanese fast food restaurants that offered beef bowls as their mainstay menu item, asJapan halted imports of American beef in December following the first U.S. case of mad cow disease.

Europe

Smithfield Completes U.K. Purchase
U.S. pork processor completes U.K. acquisitions forming Smithfield Foods Ltd.

USA

Conservation program rule raked
Farmers and others on Wednesday criticized the rule proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that would implement the new conservation security program.