OceaniaAustralia, Japan hope to start FTA talksVisiting Australian Foreign Mi...

Oceania
Australia, Japan hope to start FTA talks
Visiting Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer expressed hope that Canberra could enter into official negotiations on a free trade agreement with Japan next year by concluding the ongoing feasibility study at an early date, Japanese officials said.

Europe
UK farmers with a beef over Irish imports
The concept of farm assurance, very much akin to a license to produce to the highest standards to satisfy consumers concerns, was a world first for Scotland.

Canada
CLIA Prepares to Review Stakeholder Comments on Traceability
Officials of the Canadian Livestock Identification Agency expect to begin reviewing stakeholder comments on proposed minimum standards for a national multispecies livestock traceability system by the end of this month.

United States
Starving for Fuel: How Ethanol Production Contributes to Global Hunger
Cars, not people, will claim most of the increase in world grain consumption this year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture projects world grain use will grow by 20 million tons in 2006. Simply put, the stage is being set for a head-on collision between the world’s 800 million affluent automobile owners and food consumers.

U.S. Beef No Threat To Australia
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) told a delegation of members of the Australian media visiting the United States that the resumption of U.S. beef exports to Japan is not the biggest threat to the future of Australian beef exports.

Oceania
Australia, Japan hope to start FTA talks
Visiting Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer expressed hope that Canberra could enter into official negotiations on a free trade agreement with Japan next year by concluding the ongoing feasibility study at an early date, Japanese officials said.

Europe
UK farmers with a beef over Irish imports
The concept of farm assurance, very much akin to a license to produce to the highest standards to satisfy consumers concerns, was a world first for Scotland.

Canada
CLIA Prepares to Review Stakeholder Comments on Traceability
Officials of the Canadian Livestock Identification Agency expect to begin reviewing stakeholder comments on proposed minimum standards for a national multispecies livestock traceability system by the end of this month.

United States
Starving for Fuel: How Ethanol Production Contributes to Global Hunger
Cars, not people, will claim most of the increase in world grain consumption this year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture projects world grain use will grow by 20 million tons in 2006. Simply put, the stage is being set for a head-on collision between the world’s 800 million affluent automobile owners and food consumers.

U.S. Beef No Threat To Australia
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) told a delegation of members of the Australian media visiting the United States that the resumption of U.S. beef exports to Japan is not the biggest threat to the future of Australian beef exports.