AustraliaResearchers focus on pork belliesAn Australian researcher has develo...

Australia
Researchers focus on pork bellies
An Australian researcher has developed a camera-based based measurement system to quantify belly fat percentage.

Europe
Butchers to miss a slice of sales amid bone-in beef delay
The Food Standards Agency has rejected claims of "a massive lack of urgency" as traditional wholesalers and butchers have failed to get bone-in beef joints from mature cattle back on the menu for Christmas.

Americas
Argentina Leaves Beef Export Quotas Unchanged
Argentina will maintain the current regime of beef export limitations through early 2007, or 70% of 2005 levels, Economy Minster Felisa Miceli announced late Wednesday.

Brazil Unfazed By US Return To Beef Markets
Brazilian beef exporters aren't too worried about the return of the U.S. to the world beef markets in 2007, Alcides Torres, a livestock consultant at Scot Consultoria in Sao Paulo, said Wednesday.

Southern Brazilian businessmen eye the Arab market
After a talk given by the secretary general at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Michel Alaby, about "How to Trade with the Arab Countries", presented yesterday in the city of São Leopoldo, businessmen from the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul showed interest in learning more about the Arab market.

United States
2006 A Year For The Record Books In US Pork Industry
Strong demand and large supplies in the U.S. pork industry helped to set a plethora of records in 2006, and several more could fall, but analysts said the record-setting trend might not continue into 2007 for some sectors.

U.S. trade relations positive for Knox County
Ohio Department of Agriculture Director Fred Dailey said the most important step to promoting foreign market support of American farmers is to develop a trusting relationship with those countries.

Johanns Faults South Korea Over Beef Issue
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns criticized South Korea for halting beef shipments from a U.S. meatpacker, saying authorities there had "invented" a standard for imports.

Australia
Researchers focus on pork bellies
An Australian researcher has developed a camera-based based measurement system to quantify belly fat percentage.

Europe
Butchers to miss a slice of sales amid bone-in beef delay
The Food Standards Agency has rejected claims of "a massive lack of urgency" as traditional wholesalers and butchers have failed to get bone-in beef joints from mature cattle back on the menu for Christmas.

Americas
Argentina Leaves Beef Export Quotas Unchanged
Argentina will maintain the current regime of beef export limitations through early 2007, or 70% of 2005 levels, Economy Minster Felisa Miceli announced late Wednesday.

Brazil Unfazed By US Return To Beef Markets
Brazilian beef exporters aren't too worried about the return of the U.S. to the world beef markets in 2007, Alcides Torres, a livestock consultant at Scot Consultoria in Sao Paulo, said Wednesday.

Southern Brazilian businessmen eye the Arab market
After a talk given by the secretary general at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Michel Alaby, about "How to Trade with the Arab Countries", presented yesterday in the city of São Leopoldo, businessmen from the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul showed interest in learning more about the Arab market.

United States
2006 A Year For The Record Books In US Pork Industry
Strong demand and large supplies in the U.S. pork industry helped to set a plethora of records in 2006, and several more could fall, but analysts said the record-setting trend might not continue into 2007 for some sectors.

U.S. trade relations positive for Knox County
Ohio Department of Agriculture Director Fred Dailey said the most important step to promoting foreign market support of American farmers is to develop a trusting relationship with those countries.

Johanns Faults South Korea Over Beef Issue
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns criticized South Korea for halting beef shipments from a U.S. meatpacker, saying authorities there had "invented" a standard for imports.