Category: Cattle Buisness
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Mismanagement? I Kind of Doubt it
<a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20060309-1507-livestockfraud.html">Government won't pursue official who stalled livestock pricing probes</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The Agriculture Department has decided not to take action against a former agency official who blocked investigations into predatory pricing in the nation's $120 billion livestock trade.<br />n<br />nGross mismanagement, not criminal conduct, by JoAnn Waterfield is to blame for several years of obstruction,…
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New Market
<a href="http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=2006/03/0068.xml">MALAYSIA OPENS MARKET TO U.S. BEEF PRODUCTS</a><br />n<br />n <blockquote>WASHINGTON, March 7, 2006 – Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today announced that Malaysia will resume imports of U.S. beef and beef products.<br />n<br />n"I'm very pleased with the reopening of the Malaysian market to U.S. beef and beef products," said Johanns. "Today's announcement is another…
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Japan Unsure
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/06/AR2006030600142.html">Japan says unclear if U.S. beef actions would work</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Japan's vice farm minister said on Monday it is unclear if actions proposed by Washington would help prevent shipments of banned U.S. beef to Japan.</blockquote><br />n<br />nMore stonewalling from Japan on the beef issue. Not surprising but it would be nice to get this…
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Money To Burn
Boy, it must be nice to have all that money to burn on a facility designed and built by Dr. Temple Grandin.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/03/05/news/business/45-stock.txt">Facility will handle livestock peacefully</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A new livestock handling facility that will have curved chutes, round pens and other stress-reducing innovations will be built this year at Montana State University's…
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Japan Demands More Yet Again
<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000101&sid=afdYlqd4GdPc&refer=japan">Japan Needs More Assurances Before Resuming U.S. Beef Imports</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Japan needs more assurances over the safety of U.S. cattle before resuming beef imports, government officials said.<br />n<br />nThe government is still studying a U.S. report released last week over how banned cattle parts were shipped to Japan in January, and there are likely…
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More Laws That Won’t Be Enforced
I found this whole announcement, …interesting to say the least.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.radioiowa.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=C3E27012-A44E-4F37-B9ACCC42D23ADC2D">Harkin to introduce bill on livestock competition</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Iowa Senator Tom Harkin says livestock producers would see more competition and fairness in their industry under legislation he's introducing today (Thursday). Harkin, a democrat, says the bill is needed to offer a series of…
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Mixed Signals
Is the beef industry sure getting mixed signals from Japan now. <br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=6A8E3CB0-CCF4-4589-C6AE330B283522DB">Japanese impressed with U.S. meat processors</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Japanese officials think the U.S. processes beef perfectly, according to a story from the Dow Jones Newswire. Leaders from Tokyo traveled to Kansas for a first-hand look at processing plants and American slaughter procedures.</blockquote><br…
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Bigger Picture
<a href="http://www.r-calfusa.com/News%20Releases/020706-oig.htm">OIG Report Solidifies Position of U.S. Cattle Industry; <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> Continues to Ignore Its Own Science</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>BILLINGS, MONT. (February 7, 2006) The U.S. Department of Agriculture (<acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat…
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Mexico Resumes Imports
<a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=27F2FC25-9C2A-A90C-ECE774A789BC1FDE">Mexico lifts ban on U.S. bone-in beef</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>In a statement released late Wednesday afternoon, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that Mexico will resume imports of U.S. bone-in beef from cattle less than 30 months of age. However, no official timetable for the resumption of trade has been made available.<br />n<br />nAg Secretary…
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Herd Expansion
Cattle herd expansion <a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=0DECE279-E767-BBDB-9DC078D4870333B5">continues</a>.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>All cattle and calves came out at 97.102 million head or 102% of a year ago. Analysts had been expecting 101% to 101.5%, with an average guess of 101%. Total cows were at 42.311 million head, up 1% from a year ago, in line with estimates. Beef and milk…