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Clashes after pig farmers protest at frozen imports
About 200 pig farmers staged a noisy protest outside the health chief's Central office, worried that regulations allowing frozen pork from the mainland to be sold here will damage their livelihood.

Europe

Pig sector looking up
Encouraging signals augur well for the pig sector in 2005, but the industry will still face big challenges in the next 12 months.

Americas

Canada says mad cow case no threat
Canadian officials said Monday their nation's beef supply is not threatened by a dairy cow in Alberta that tested positive for mad cow disease.

Multimillion-dollar beef processing plant to rise in Ontario
The Kent Cattlemen's Association is awaiting approval from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to begin construction of a $15 million U.S. beef processing plant that is expected to slaughter 600 to 800 cattle per week.

Cuba welcomes first U.S. cattle in decades
A shipment of 22 beef cattle left the port of Fort Everglades, Fla., on Friday bound for Havana, the first such shipment since the United States imposed an embargo on Cuba in 1959 in the wake of the Cuban Revolution.

USA

U.S. stands firm on Canadian beef imports
Expressing confidence in the safety of Canadian beef, the Bush administration said Thursday it would stand by its decision to renew Canadian beef imports beginning in March despite a possible new case of mad cow disease.

USDA: Canada beef safe despite new mad cow case
Americans do not have to be afraid of eating Canadian beef despite the discovery of Canada's second case of mad cow disease, because both countries' food safety rules "provide the utmost protections," the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Monday.

U.S. consumer groups against Canadian cattle imports
Two U.S. consumer groups on Monday urged the United States to delay reopening its border to young Canadian cattle due to concerns that Canada may find more cases of mad cow disease.

Three state cattle symposium slated for Jan. 29
Southwest Nebraska, northwest Kansas and northeast Colorado cattle producers can get information on developments and new opportunities in the beef industry at the Tri-State Cow/Calf Symposium January 29 in northwest Kansas.

ASA kicks off five-state soybean rust seminar series
The American Soybean Association (ASA) has announced a new series of Winter Soybean Rust Seminars that starts on January 10, in Dubuque, Iowa.

 

AsiaPacific

Clashes after pig farmers protest at frozen imports
About 200 pig farmers staged a noisy protest outside the health chief's Central office, worried that regulations allowing frozen pork from the mainland to be sold here will damage their livelihood.

Europe

Pig sector looking up
Encouraging signals augur well for the pig sector in 2005, but the industry will still face big challenges in the next 12 months.

Americas

Canada says mad cow case no threat
Canadian officials said Monday their nation's beef supply is not threatened by a dairy cow in Alberta that tested positive for mad cow disease.

Multimillion-dollar beef processing plant to rise in Ontario
The Kent Cattlemen's Association is awaiting approval from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to begin construction of a $15 million U.S. beef processing plant that is expected to slaughter 600 to 800 cattle per week.

Cuba welcomes first U.S. cattle in decades
A shipment of 22 beef cattle left the port of Fort Everglades, Fla., on Friday bound for Havana, the first such shipment since the United States imposed an embargo on Cuba in 1959 in the wake of the Cuban Revolution.

USA

U.S. stands firm on Canadian beef imports
Expressing confidence in the safety of Canadian beef, the Bush administration said Thursday it would stand by its decision to renew Canadian beef imports beginning in March despite a possible new case of mad cow disease.

USDA: Canada beef safe despite new mad cow case
Americans do not have to be afraid of eating Canadian beef despite the discovery of Canada's second case of mad cow disease, because both countries' food safety rules "provide the utmost protections," the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Monday.

U.S. consumer groups against Canadian cattle imports
Two U.S. consumer groups on Monday urged the United States to delay reopening its border to young Canadian cattle due to concerns that Canada may find more cases of mad cow disease.

Three state cattle symposium slated for Jan. 29
Southwest Nebraska, northwest Kansas and northeast Colorado cattle producers can get information on developments and new opportunities in the beef industry at the Tri-State Cow/Calf Symposium January 29 in northwest Kansas.

ASA kicks off five-state soybean rust seminar series
The American Soybean Association (ASA) has announced a new series of Winter Soybean Rust Seminars that starts on January 10, in Dubuque, Iowa.