AustraliaAustralia’s Beef Exports Stay StrongAccording to figures released ...

Australia
Australia’s Beef Exports Stay Strong
According to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and cited by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA), Australian beef and veal exports for September were valued at A$439.2 million – a 25 percent increase compared with the value of September 2005 beef exports.

Australian Cattle Feedlots Face Tough Future From Drought
The number of cattle in Australian feedlots fell in the third quarter from a record in the second quarter in what could be the start of a serious downturn for the industry as the impact of a severe drought begins to hurt, the Australian Lot Feeders Association, or ALFA, reported Tuesday.

Canada
Fire Destroys Pork Plant
Longtime employees of a meat processing plant in Toronto's west end watched in dismay as the building where they make their living burned out of control for most of yesterday.

United States
U.S. Pushing Japan To Change Beef Rules
In an interview with Kyodo News, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said the United States will press Japan to remove the age limit on imports of U.S. beef, hardening its demand from an earlier call for raising the limit to 30 months from the current 20 months.

Beef Association Calls For Self-Regulation
The President of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), Mike John, has written a statement against a government enforced animal identification system.

Creekstone answers USDA in court over mad cow testing
Creekstone Farms Premium Beef has answered the U.S. Department of Agriculture's court documents opposing the company's motion for summary judgment in its lawsuit against USDA.

Demand will push corn acres to record levels in 2007, economist says
The expanding biofuels industry and high export demand add up to what could be the largest United States corn acreage in several generations, says Purdue University agricultural economist Chris Hurt.

Australia
Australia’s Beef Exports Stay Strong
According to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and cited by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA), Australian beef and veal exports for September were valued at A$439.2 million – a 25 percent increase compared with the value of September 2005 beef exports.

Australian Cattle Feedlots Face Tough Future From Drought
The number of cattle in Australian feedlots fell in the third quarter from a record in the second quarter in what could be the start of a serious downturn for the industry as the impact of a severe drought begins to hurt, the Australian Lot Feeders Association, or ALFA, reported Tuesday.

Canada
Fire Destroys Pork Plant
Longtime employees of a meat processing plant in Toronto's west end watched in dismay as the building where they make their living burned out of control for most of yesterday.

United States
U.S. Pushing Japan To Change Beef Rules
In an interview with Kyodo News, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said the United States will press Japan to remove the age limit on imports of U.S. beef, hardening its demand from an earlier call for raising the limit to 30 months from the current 20 months.

Beef Association Calls For Self-Regulation
The President of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), Mike John, has written a statement against a government enforced animal identification system.

Creekstone answers USDA in court over mad cow testing
Creekstone Farms Premium Beef has answered the U.S. Department of Agriculture's court documents opposing the company's motion for summary judgment in its lawsuit against USDA.

Demand will push corn acres to record levels in 2007, economist says
The expanding biofuels industry and high export demand add up to what could be the largest United States corn acreage in several generations, says Purdue University agricultural economist Chris Hurt.