Asia PacificThailand Set Target To Increase Pork ConsumptionThe President of...

Asia Pacific
Thailand Set Target To Increase Pork Consumption
The President of the Swine Raisers Association has set the target to increase the consumption of swine in Thailand.

Japan will lift ban on U.S. beef if U.S. plants pass inspections
Japan's Councilor of Agriculture said Tuesday that his country's ban on U.S. beef could be lifted as early as the end of July, if planned Japanese inspections of U.S. beef plants go well.

Imported beef remains costly choice
At US$16-25 per kilogram in the domestic market, US beef remains prohibitively expensive for most consumers and will not flood the Vietnamese market, said Van Duc Muoi, deputy director of the Vissan Import Export Corporation.

Europe
Farming Unions Press EU for Intervention on Brazilian Beef Imports
The UK and Irish farming unions have jointly called upon the EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, Markos Kyprianou, to intervene and conduct further investigations into the importation of Brazilian beef into Europe.

Methods of producing meat are also diabolical
Global meat consumption is predicted to double by 2020. Yet in Europe and North America, there is growing concern about the ethics of the way meat and eggs are produced.

Americas
Border Battle Lingers
With the chronic cross-border irritant of softwood lumber seemingly resolved, the Canadian Cattlemen's Association has been jockeying to push another trade issue back to the top of the political awareness heap.

United States
Skinny As A Pig?
The pork industry says hogs have been on a "diet" for more than a decade, and new government research shows that Americans are getting a much leaner product because of it.

Cattle Tracking Programs Emerge, Draw Criticism
Satellites and microchips might soon be the modern equivalent of horses and cowboys in the arena of tracking cattle.

Drought in U.S. could lead to higher prices
A drought over a third of the nation has grown so severe that consumers could be facing higher prices for everything from beef to bread by the end of the year.

 

Asia Pacific
Thailand Set Target To Increase Pork Consumption
The President of the Swine Raisers Association has set the target to increase the consumption of swine in Thailand.

Japan will lift ban on U.S. beef if U.S. plants pass inspections
Japan's Councilor of Agriculture said Tuesday that his country's ban on U.S. beef could be lifted as early as the end of July, if planned Japanese inspections of U.S. beef plants go well.

Imported beef remains costly choice
At US$16-25 per kilogram in the domestic market, US beef remains prohibitively expensive for most consumers and will not flood the Vietnamese market, said Van Duc Muoi, deputy director of the Vissan Import Export Corporation.

Europe
Farming Unions Press EU for Intervention on Brazilian Beef Imports
The UK and Irish farming unions have jointly called upon the EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, Markos Kyprianou, to intervene and conduct further investigations into the importation of Brazilian beef into Europe.

Methods of producing meat are also diabolical
Global meat consumption is predicted to double by 2020. Yet in Europe and North America, there is growing concern about the ethics of the way meat and eggs are produced.

Americas
Border Battle Lingers
With the chronic cross-border irritant of softwood lumber seemingly resolved, the Canadian Cattlemen's Association has been jockeying to push another trade issue back to the top of the political awareness heap.

United States
Skinny As A Pig?
The pork industry says hogs have been on a "diet" for more than a decade, and new government research shows that Americans are getting a much leaner product because of it.

Cattle Tracking Programs Emerge, Draw Criticism
Satellites and microchips might soon be the modern equivalent of horses and cowboys in the arena of tracking cattle.

Drought in U.S. could lead to higher prices
A drought over a third of the nation has grown so severe that consumers could be facing higher prices for everything from beef to bread by the end of the year.