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Japan Removes Ban on 2 U.S. Beef Packer Imports
Tokyo--Japan has lifted its ban on two U.S. beef packers, Smithfield Beef Group and National Beef California LP ...
Ethanol Tariff & The WTO
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) in a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Susan Schwab indicated that the ethanol import tariff is “explicitly permitted” under World Trade Organization (WTO) rules...
15th BSE Case Confirmed In Canada
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed another case of BSE in a six-year-old beef cow in Alberta. The infected cow, detected via Canada’s national BSE surveillance program ...
Strong Worldwide Food & Ag Growth Predicted
Spurred by income and population growth, freer trade and globalization, don’t expect a letup in demand for the “4 Fs” – food, fuel, feed and fiber – that underpin an ongoing worldwide commodity boom...
Beef exports booming
Beef (including variety meat) exports in May hit 184.6 million lbs., the largest volume since December 2003, reports the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF)....
Global Beef Wrap
The key drivers in the short-term outlook for U.S. meat exports include politics, economic variables, domestic production, market access, consumer trends...
Trade Support For Livestock
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is urging USDA to increase funding for the promotion of pork and beef export markets...
Alberta Paying Its Livestock Producers $300 Million
Alberta livestock producers are being offered $150 million in bailout money by the province, with another $150 million promised if cattlemen will comply with the age ...
Money talks
A sage once told me that if you want to know what the government is thinking, don't listen to what it's saying; look at what it's doing. The same applies...
Running THE STALL
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled yet again on the 20-year-old trade spat between the U.S. and the European Union (EU) regarding growth hormones...
Brazil targets Pacific Rim
Despite being locked out of 56% of the world's markets due to foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), including Korea and Japan, Brazil still accounts for 32% of...
Ten Years Later
The past decade has brought tremendous change to beef-production systems across the world. Nowhere is this more true than in South America. It's these...
USDA looks to relax Argentina rule
Sen. John Tester (D-MT) and seven other U.S. Senators sent a letter to USDA Secretary Ed Schafer in March stating their strong concerns about USDA relaxing...
Brazil Slapdown
The European Union (EU) has restricted nearly all imports of Brazilian beef on animal health concerns, but EU farmers' groups think only an outright ban...
U.S. Beef Exports Gain 18% In Volume, 29% In Value
USDA says U.S. beef (including variety meat) exports were 18% higher in volume and 29% higher in value during the first 11 months of 2007 compared with the same period of 2006. The U.S. exported a total of 707,184 metric tons (mt) of beef, valued at $2.4 billion...
Seoul Seeks Beef Resolution To Salvage FTA
South Korea hopes to resolve its beef-trade spat with the U.S. as early as possible in order to bolster chances of parliamentary approval of the free-trade agreement signed last June, reports ...
Philippines open to U.S. Beef
The Philippines has fully opened its market to U.S. beef and beef products of all ages. Imports of U.S. beef and beef products had been restricted to...
8 in '08
Food Safety: For much of 2007, consumer and political concerns over beef safety, particularly E. coli O157:H7, had nearly been crossed off the list of industry issues. Then came the Topps recall...
Pushing for Peru
Fifty agricultural organizations representing U.S. farmers, ranchers, processors, food producers and exporters sent a letter to all members of Congress...
Record exports expected
USDA expects U.S. agriculture exports to hit a record $79 billion for fiscal year (FY) 2007, only to be eclipsed by the FY '08 projected total of $83.5...
ITC To Investigate Beef Trade
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has launched an investigation into the effects of animal health, sanitary and food safety measures on global beef trade and the impact of these and other restrictions on U.S. beef exports....
Panama Opens Border To Full U.S. Cattle Trade
Panama now accepts U.S. cattle of all ages, USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) says....
Committees Pass Peru Agreement
The Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee approved the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA)....
Does A New Japanese Ag Minister Equal New Hope?
Japan introduced another ag minister this week, which begs the obvious question: "Will the leadership change slow up the process of liberalizing Japan's market to U.S. beef products?" The answer is undoubtedly yes....
"All-Beef" Tour To Argentina & Brazil Deadline Nears
There are two words that particularly stir the competitive anxiety of U.S. beef producers -- "Argentina" and "Brazil, " two countries with seemingly inexhaustible natural resources, cheap labor and governments pinning their people's future on agricultural development. ...
From Our Columnists
Top 5 moves for getting out of the hay-feeding rut
Whether you're out feeding in the cold or just looking out your window at cows eating hay at a cost of $2/cow/day, it should be a wake-up call for all of us...
Buy/sell margins - part III
The feeder-cattle futures market is being whipsawed by corn futures prices. Corn futures prices were in the mid-to-high $3 range early in 2007...
Planning for successful breeding
What tasks need to be done to help assure a successful breeding season this year? Let’s start with the bulls. Nationally, about 10% of all bulls fail...
