Category: Cattle Buisness
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Good News
<a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=AD9F076C-0DCF-162A-79F8572C98CC4BE3">Japanese steer suspected of <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> tests negative</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Tests of a 20-month-old Japanese steer for bovine spongiform encephalopathy have come back negative. The steer was slaughtered last week and initially tested positive for <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym>, but according to wire reports, further tests showed that the young Holstein did not…
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Meat Packers Lose a Round
<a href="http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/business/14327592.htm">Jury awards $9.25M to cattle raisers</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A federal jury on Wednesday awarded $9.25 million to cattle raisers who said large meat packing companies had underpaid producers for live cattle.</blockquote><br />n<br />nI'm sure this will be overturned on appeal. These type of cases usually are but it's nice to see. <br />n<br />n<b>You must…
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Japan to Open Beef Market?
I find this interesting piece out of Australia this morning but I can find no verification anywhere else on what it says.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1605659.htm">US reaches agreement with Japan to reopen beef market</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>US Department of Agriculture (<acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym>) officials says…
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I Guess I’m Stupid
I always love articles like this one.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=26211">Cattle Cycles: Where Are We & Where Are We Headed?</a><br />n<br />nIf you are in the business and keep minimal track of what is going on you know where we are and what is happening with out some "expert" telling you. I could see this article…
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What’s the Surprise
<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/J/JAPAN_BEEF_BATTLE?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">Japanese shun U.S. beef, eat Australian</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Kenji Miyoda, savoring a bowl of rice topped with beef from Australia, raw egg and spicy sauce, believes Australian beef is far safer than American beef.<br />n<br />n"It tastes OK, it's cheap, and it fills me up," the 27-year-old banker said gobbling down his 450 yen ($4)…
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Organic Beef
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/03/25/news/wyoming/20-organic-beef.txt">Rancher has stake in organic beef</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Cattle rancher Rod Morrison doesn't want to just sell you a steak.<br />n<br />nRather, he wants to sell you a choice cut of organic beef, letting you pick which ranch in the Bighorn Basin it came from. And he wants to let you make the purchase without…
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It Was Expected
<a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=24356">S Korea Still Has Concerns About Mad Cow In US</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>South Korea still has outstanding concerns about the latest case of mad-cow disease found in the U.S. and that may be delaying the process to resume beef trade, U.S. industry and government officials said Monday.<br />n<br />nSouth Korea is concerned about the age…
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Unfair Trade Practices
<a href="http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/world/20060312TDY01004.htm"> Bush's beef remarks show rising U.S. ire</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>U.S. President George W. Bush voiced high expectation Friday of Japan's early resumption of U.S. beef imports in a speech at a conference of media company managers that showed signs of Washington's increasing irritation over the issue.<br />n<br />nJapan reimposed the ban in January after…
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The Problem is Not Cattlemen
Where does the problem lie with opening up the markets across the sea to US Beef? With the Cattleman not ID tagging their animals or the big meat packers who keep shipping meat overseas that doesn't meet the standards for importation into other countries?<br />n<br />n<a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/11/content_4290885.htm">HK suspends beef imports from U.S. processing plant</a><br />n<br…
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Someone Is thinking About Producers
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