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Europe
Ireland pushes for higher meat exports to China
Ireland's food industry body, fresh from gaining market access to China's pork market, is now looking for access for beef, the country’s biggest food export.

Small slaughterhouse could crumble under new fees, says group
Proposed increases in veterinarian inspection fees could bring an end to small abattoirs in the UK, The Forum of Private Business (FPB) says.

Americas
Pork Producers Urge Caution in Addressing Use of Carbadox
Canadian pork producers are encouraging Health Canada to consider potential trade implications as it addresses the foreign use of Carbadox.

United States
Outdated law unfair to farmers and small meat processors
Many people are surprised to learn that farmers, on average, receive less than a quarter from every consumer dollar spent on food. Farmers hoping to capture more of that dollar have increasingly turned to direct-marketing of their meat and other farm products to consumers.

Lean pork challenges slender chicken
No, pigs aren't pigging out on salads and making tracks to fitness salons in their efforts to become barnyard buffs. But they have been on a serious diet.

Keep moral high ground -- and also the pork chops
It's almost a movement. Sustainable agriculture -- David to factory farming's Goliath -- is capturing the eating public's imagination with its contented cows, bucolic landscape and its practice of leaving the environment intact.

Johanns says U.S. will help rebuild Iraqi agriculture
The United States will do all it can to help revive agriculture in Iraq, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said Tuesday.

Europe
Ireland pushes for higher meat exports to China
Ireland's food industry body, fresh from gaining market access to China's pork market, is now looking for access for beef, the country’s biggest food export.

Small slaughterhouse could crumble under new fees, says group
Proposed increases in veterinarian inspection fees could bring an end to small abattoirs in the UK, The Forum of Private Business (FPB) says.

Americas
Pork Producers Urge Caution in Addressing Use of Carbadox
Canadian pork producers are encouraging Health Canada to consider potential trade implications as it addresses the foreign use of Carbadox.

United States
Outdated law unfair to farmers and small meat processors
Many people are surprised to learn that farmers, on average, receive less than a quarter from every consumer dollar spent on food. Farmers hoping to capture more of that dollar have increasingly turned to direct-marketing of their meat and other farm products to consumers.

Lean pork challenges slender chicken
No, pigs aren't pigging out on salads and making tracks to fitness salons in their efforts to become barnyard buffs. But they have been on a serious diet.

Keep moral high ground -- and also the pork chops
It's almost a movement. Sustainable agriculture -- David to factory farming's Goliath -- is capturing the eating public's imagination with its contented cows, bucolic landscape and its practice of leaving the environment intact.

Johanns says U.S. will help rebuild Iraqi agriculture
The United States will do all it can to help revive agriculture in Iraq, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said Tuesday.