Asia PacificJapan wraps up public meetings about U.S. beef importsJapan has...

Asia Pacific
Japan wraps up public meetings about U.S. beef imports
Japan has completed the last in a series of 10 public meetings held throughout the country by the health and farm ministries to discuss the stance Japan has taken in talks with the United States about lifting the reinstated import ban on American beef.

Africa
Tanzania: $25 Million Abattoir in Dar Es Salaam Takes Off Soon
Plans to construct a US$25 million abattoir in Dar es Salaam, the first of its kind in the East and Central African region, are underway. The project which kicks off in June this year, officials say, will transform the beef industry in Tanzania.

Europe
Pig imports continue to undermine Great Britain welfare
Falling supplies of UK pigs are being replaced by rising levels of imports, 70 percent of which are illegal to produce in the UK on pig welfare grounds.

British beef prices to increase
Shoppers are likely to see the price of British beef rise by about 20 percent after exports to Europe resume on May 3, a trade body has said.

Export date fires store cattle trade
Spring grass and single farm payment cash could quickly fan the flames of a store trade already on fire at the prospect of resuming of beef exports, say traders.

Imported meat costs rise in Russia
The Russia Federal Customs Service plans to increase the cost of imported meat. The new prices affect the minimal cost of meat imports and were expected to come into effect this week.

Americas
Hog farmers seek unique marketing plan for pork
Pig tails and red hair may work for Anne of Green Gables, but officials say a marketing scheme just as slick is needed if the P.E.I. hog industry is going to wean itself onto profits.

United States
Record U.S. Red Meat Output In March
U.S. commercial red meat production totaled 4.11 billion pounds in March--up six percent from the 3.88 billion pounds produced in March 2005, and a record for the month, according to USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service.

Cloning May Remove Guesswork From Breeding
Cloned animals are exact genetic copies of the donor animals – they are not genetically modified.

Mexicans at meat plant are deported
Mexican nationals who had been working at a Cattaraugus  County meat packing plant for several years were deemed to be in the country illegally and deported by federal officials, the plant owner said.

Asia Pacific
Japan wraps up public meetings about U.S. beef imports
Japan has completed the last in a series of 10 public meetings held throughout the country by the health and farm ministries to discuss the stance Japan has taken in talks with the United States about lifting the reinstated import ban on American beef.

Africa
Tanzania: $25 Million Abattoir in Dar Es Salaam Takes Off Soon
Plans to construct a US$25 million abattoir in Dar es Salaam, the first of its kind in the East and Central African region, are underway. The project which kicks off in June this year, officials say, will transform the beef industry in Tanzania.

Europe
Pig imports continue to undermine Great Britain welfare
Falling supplies of UK pigs are being replaced by rising levels of imports, 70 percent of which are illegal to produce in the UK on pig welfare grounds.

British beef prices to increase
Shoppers are likely to see the price of British beef rise by about 20 percent after exports to Europe resume on May 3, a trade body has said.

Export date fires store cattle trade
Spring grass and single farm payment cash could quickly fan the flames of a store trade already on fire at the prospect of resuming of beef exports, say traders.

Imported meat costs rise in Russia
The Russia Federal Customs Service plans to increase the cost of imported meat. The new prices affect the minimal cost of meat imports and were expected to come into effect this week.

Americas
Hog farmers seek unique marketing plan for pork
Pig tails and red hair may work for Anne of Green Gables, but officials say a marketing scheme just as slick is needed if the P.E.I. hog industry is going to wean itself onto profits.

United States
Record U.S. Red Meat Output In March
U.S. commercial red meat production totaled 4.11 billion pounds in March--up six percent from the 3.88 billion pounds produced in March 2005, and a record for the month, according to USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service.

Cloning May Remove Guesswork From Breeding
Cloned animals are exact genetic copies of the donor animals – they are not genetically modified.

Mexicans at meat plant are deported
Mexican nationals who had been working at a Cattaraugus  County meat packing plant for several years were deemed to be in the country illegally and deported by federal officials, the plant owner said.