Asia PacificJapan cancels pork imports from HungaryThis week’s outbreak of...

Asia Pacific
Japan cancels pork imports from Hungary
This week’s outbreak of Classical Swine Fever (CSF) in Hungary caused Japan to close its borders for pork from the Eastern European country.

Martin Yan brings Asian cooking genius to Market District
Chef Martin Yan has spent decades as a culinary ambassador for Chinese cooking, introducing it to millions of Americans through books, television shows, classes and demonstrations. Now he's changing gears, bringing the bounty of the United States to Asian chefs.

Japan snubs U.S. call for early beef talks
The agricultural ministry has told the United States it is too early to begin consultations to ease Japan's import restrictions on American beef, a senior ministry official said Thursday.

Australia
Australia Farm Outlook Promising, If Drought Goes
Australian farmers are well positioned to benefit from a positive global environment in 2007 so long as a drought breaks and normal rainfall returns, according to a report issued by Rabobank Australia Monday.

Europe
UK processor under fire for BSE slip
Processing firm ABP Shrewsbury is under investigation by the UK's food regulator after allowing a heifer to enter the food chain without undergoing mandatory testing for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).

Americas
Case of foot and mouth disease confirmed in Bolivia
A case of foot and mouth disease, FAM, was confirmed this week in the east of Bolivia, the first in the country in the last three years and a half. Bolivia has since banned all exports of beef to the Andean countries, reports the press in La Paz.

United States
Livestock profit hurt in fuel boom
The booming ethanol industry may be generating a windfall for many grain farmers, but it is creating new worries for local livestock operations.

Asia Pacific
Japan cancels pork imports from Hungary
This week’s outbreak of Classical Swine Fever (CSF) in Hungary caused Japan to close its borders for pork from the Eastern European country.

Martin Yan brings Asian cooking genius to Market District
Chef Martin Yan has spent decades as a culinary ambassador for Chinese cooking, introducing it to millions of Americans through books, television shows, classes and demonstrations. Now he's changing gears, bringing the bounty of the United States to Asian chefs.

Japan snubs U.S. call for early beef talks
The agricultural ministry has told the United States it is too early to begin consultations to ease Japan's import restrictions on American beef, a senior ministry official said Thursday.

Australia
Australia Farm Outlook Promising, If Drought Goes
Australian farmers are well positioned to benefit from a positive global environment in 2007 so long as a drought breaks and normal rainfall returns, according to a report issued by Rabobank Australia Monday.

Europe
UK processor under fire for BSE slip
Processing firm ABP Shrewsbury is under investigation by the UK's food regulator after allowing a heifer to enter the food chain without undergoing mandatory testing for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).

Americas
Case of foot and mouth disease confirmed in Bolivia
A case of foot and mouth disease, FAM, was confirmed this week in the east of Bolivia, the first in the country in the last three years and a half. Bolivia has since banned all exports of beef to the Andean countries, reports the press in La Paz.

United States
Livestock profit hurt in fuel boom
The booming ethanol industry may be generating a windfall for many grain farmers, but it is creating new worries for local livestock operations.