Asia PacificSouth Korea lifts three-year U.S. beef banSouth Korea, once the ...

Asia Pacific
South Korea lifts three-year U.S. beef ban
South Korea, once the world's third-largest export market for American beef, said on Friday it would open its doors again to U.S. beef and end a three-year ban imposed because of mad cow disease.

Australia
U.S. Beef Reentry In South Korea To Hurt Australia
South Korea's plan to resume imports of U.S. beef will see demand fall for Australian beef, which currently dominates South Korea's market for imported meat, marketing concern Meat & Livestock Australia Ltd. said Friday.

Africa
Africans feeding Americans
It sounds like a whopper of a fish tale - but Africa is developing a vibrant export-based commercial farming industry.

Americas
A new Nicaragua grows as exports boom
Emerging from the ashes of a devastated state-controlled economy in the 1980s, Nicaragua has quietly reconstructed part of its private sector to become the fastest-growing exporter in Central America.

Pork Industry Stakeholders Evaluate New Options for Addressing Carbadox
Canadian pork industry stakeholders are evaluating proposed new options for ensuring pork products remain free of residues of Carbadox.

United States
House approves ban on slaughter of horses
The House voted Thursday to ban the slaughter of horses for meat for people to eat, a practice that lawmakers thought they already had ended.

Asia Pacific
South Korea lifts three-year U.S. beef ban
South Korea, once the world's third-largest export market for American beef, said on Friday it would open its doors again to U.S. beef and end a three-year ban imposed because of mad cow disease.

Australia
U.S. Beef Reentry In South Korea To Hurt Australia
South Korea's plan to resume imports of U.S. beef will see demand fall for Australian beef, which currently dominates South Korea's market for imported meat, marketing concern Meat & Livestock Australia Ltd. said Friday.

Africa
Africans feeding Americans
It sounds like a whopper of a fish tale - but Africa is developing a vibrant export-based commercial farming industry.

Americas
A new Nicaragua grows as exports boom
Emerging from the ashes of a devastated state-controlled economy in the 1980s, Nicaragua has quietly reconstructed part of its private sector to become the fastest-growing exporter in Central America.

Pork Industry Stakeholders Evaluate New Options for Addressing Carbadox
Canadian pork industry stakeholders are evaluating proposed new options for ensuring pork products remain free of residues of Carbadox.

United States
House approves ban on slaughter of horses
The House voted Thursday to ban the slaughter of horses for meat for people to eat, a practice that lawmakers thought they already had ended.