Category: Cattle Buisness

<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/12/23/build/business/40-japan-beef.inc">U.S. beef producers target Japan with PR</a><br />n<br />nI would be really curious to know who "beef producers" are in this. I am not opposed to somebody pushing US beef in Japan, I would just like to know who is "representing me." The U.S. Meat Export Federation is mentioned but it doesn't say if…

<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/12/20/build/world/94-meat-served.inc">U.S. meat served at banquets, restaurants</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The California red was served, the oysters on the half-shell consumed. Finally, Bumpei Kawanaka had what he really wanted on his fork: a glistening red slice of American steak.<br />n<br />n"It's very juicy and, of course, tasty," Kawanaka said between bites as he became one of the…

<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/12/17/build/nation/50-bcellosis-cattle.inc">Brucellosis discovered in Idaho cattle</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>More than 50 cattle have been slaughtered in eastern Idaho after veterinarians confirmed brucellosis infections, a finding that could cause the state to lose its brucellosis-free status.<br />n<br />nBrucellosis can cause abortions in cattle and in rare cases can be passed to humans as undulant fever. </blockquote><br />n<br…

<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/12/14/build/business/30-cattle.inc">Errors mar cattle pricing system, agency reports</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>GAO investigators found that of the 844 audits the <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> conducted of meatpackers during a three-year period, 64 percent had inaccuracies or missing information. And while the <acronym title="United States Department of…

<a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&amp;article=UPI-1-20051207-04064900-bc-japan-usbeef.xml">Japan to resume U.S. beef imports</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Japan will lift its two-year ban on U.S. and Canadian beef imports next Monday, the Asahi Shimbun reported Wednesday.<br />n<br />nOfficials said once the decision is finalized Monday, importers will be allowed to start buying U.S. and Canadian beef, which is expected to appear in Japanese shops…

I see the Gazette this morning is building up the the upcoming Montana Grain Grower and Montana <acronym title="Stockgrowers">Branch of Meat Packer Lovers</acronym> <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/12/04/build/business/25-conventions.inc">Associations</a>. I haven't commented much about the Montana Meat Packer Lovers since I don't agree with there stance that Meat Packers should control the beef industry but I did find a…

<a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=14030">R-CALF: Producers Praise House Efforts To Restore Mandatory <acronym title="Country of Origin Labeling">COOL</acronym></a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>(Billings, Mont.)