Asia PacificKorea seeking to exempt 240 products, including beef, from Canad...

Asia Pacific
Korea seeking to exempt 240 products, including beef, from Canada FTA 
Korea is seeking to exclude 240 agricultural products out of a total of 1,452 from the tariff cut proposals exchanged with Canada during the seventh round of free trade agreement talks, the government said.

United States
McLamb first in North Carolina chosen for pork leadership academy
A Sampson County pork producer, Jimmy McLamb, who is in partnership with brother Dino, has been selected to take part in the National Pork Board’s Pork Leadership Academy, the only person in North Carolina currently selected to do so.

Ground Beef Recall
Jim's Market and Locker, located in Harlan, Iowa, recalled 5,200 pounds of ground beef Friday, after federal inspectors questioned the testing methods used by a slaughterhouse in Nebraska.

U.S. Beef Packers Avoid Trade With S. Korea
Despite the reopening of beef markets to South Korea almost one month ago, not a single U.S. packer has elected to ship product, according to the latest export sales data published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Asia Pacific
Korea seeking to exempt 240 products, including beef, from Canada FTA 
Korea is seeking to exclude 240 agricultural products out of a total of 1,452 from the tariff cut proposals exchanged with Canada during the seventh round of free trade agreement talks, the government said.

United States
McLamb first in North Carolina chosen for pork leadership academy
A Sampson County pork producer, Jimmy McLamb, who is in partnership with brother Dino, has been selected to take part in the National Pork Board’s Pork Leadership Academy, the only person in North Carolina currently selected to do so.

Ground Beef Recall
Jim's Market and Locker, located in Harlan, Iowa, recalled 5,200 pounds of ground beef Friday, after federal inspectors questioned the testing methods used by a slaughterhouse in Nebraska.

U.S. Beef Packers Avoid Trade With S. Korea
Despite the reopening of beef markets to South Korea almost one month ago, not a single U.S. packer has elected to ship product, according to the latest export sales data published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.