EuropeScotland and Wales to influence CAP?Recently devolved Scotland, Wales a...

Europe

Scotland and Wales to influence CAP?
Recently devolved Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have already established a strong bargaining position in the development of EU policy, particularly in agriculture, likely to affect how the UK handles CAP reform in the future, claims a new UK study.

Americas

Cuba now 25th U.S. agriculture market
Cuba became the United States' 25th-largest agricultural export market in 2004 with food purchases jumping 55 percent, despite a decline recently as always tense relations deteriorated further, a report released Monday showed.

Canada suspects tainted feed in third BSE case
The investigation of Canada's third case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, suggests that the cow ate feed contaminated with banned materials, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).

USA

Smithfield sees strong EPS growth, shares rise
Smithfield Foods Inc., the top U.S. hog and pork producer, on Monday said preliminary earnings per share for the fiscal third quarter were stronger than Wall Street expectations, helped by higher hog prices, sending shares to an all-time high.

Tennessee firm recalls ham for possible Listeria contamination
Fortner Foods Commissary, a Murfreesboro, Tenn., establishment, is voluntarily recalling ready-to-eat ham that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.

North American BSE cases pale in comparison to those in France
While the Canadian and U.S. beef industries are struggling with the aftermath of the four BSE-positive cows over the last 21 months, a look at BSE in France may help put Canada's BSE problem into perspective.

President Bush to nominate Lester Crawford to head FDA
President George W. Bush announced today that he will nominate Lester M. Crawford, DVM, Ph.D., to serve as the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

U.S. pressure on Japan beef
The Bush administration is urging Japanese officials to agree to a firm plan to reopen its markets for U.S. beef by Feb. 17 as a way to honor U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker, who leaves his post that day, a key U.S. Agriculture Department official told the National Cattlemen's Beef Association Feb. 4 in San Antonio.

Europe

Scotland and Wales to influence CAP?
Recently devolved Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have already established a strong bargaining position in the development of EU policy, particularly in agriculture, likely to affect how the UK handles CAP reform in the future, claims a new UK study.

Americas

Cuba now 25th U.S. agriculture market
Cuba became the United States' 25th-largest agricultural export market in 2004 with food purchases jumping 55 percent, despite a decline recently as always tense relations deteriorated further, a report released Monday showed.

Canada suspects tainted feed in third BSE case
The investigation of Canada's third case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, suggests that the cow ate feed contaminated with banned materials, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).

USA

Smithfield sees strong EPS growth, shares rise
Smithfield Foods Inc., the top U.S. hog and pork producer, on Monday said preliminary earnings per share for the fiscal third quarter were stronger than Wall Street expectations, helped by higher hog prices, sending shares to an all-time high.

Tennessee firm recalls ham for possible Listeria contamination
Fortner Foods Commissary, a Murfreesboro, Tenn., establishment, is voluntarily recalling ready-to-eat ham that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.

North American BSE cases pale in comparison to those in France
While the Canadian and U.S. beef industries are struggling with the aftermath of the four BSE-positive cows over the last 21 months, a look at BSE in France may help put Canada's BSE problem into perspective.

President Bush to nominate Lester Crawford to head FDA
President George W. Bush announced today that he will nominate Lester M. Crawford, DVM, Ph.D., to serve as the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

U.S. pressure on Japan beef
The Bush administration is urging Japanese officials to agree to a firm plan to reopen its markets for U.S. beef by Feb. 17 as a way to honor U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker, who leaves his post that day, a key U.S. Agriculture Department official told the National Cattlemen's Beef Association Feb. 4 in San Antonio.