Category: markets
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True Reason For Beef Ban
<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060209/ap_on_re_as/japan_whale_for_sale">Whale Meat Glut a Problem for Japan</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>But Tokyo has a dilemma: by rapidly expanding its whale hunt, Japan now kills more of the giant mammals than its consumers care to eat.<br />n<br />nThe result is an unprecedented glut of whale meat. Prices
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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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US Beef to Taiwan
<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/01/25/japan-us-beef.html">Taiwan to lift U.S. beef ban, not Japan</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Taiwan says it is lifting a ban on U.S. beef imports on Wednesday, while Japanese officials have indicated they are in no hurry to lift one reimposed last week.<br />n<br />nTaiwan's Department of Health said on its website that American beef can now enter the…
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Korea and Beef Imports
<a href="http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200601/200601230002.html">Korea Will Resume U.S. Beef Imports as Planned</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Korea says Japan's decision to slap a fresh ban on imports of U.S. beef will not affect the agreement between Seoul and Washington to resume American beef imports at the end of March. Agriculture Ministry officials say Korea and Japan have different conditions. For example,…
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Here We Go Again
Things were sure exciting yesterday. Didn't get a chance to comment yesterday so here goes.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/20/build/world/20-japanmadcow.inc">Japan halts U.S. beef imports due to fears of mad cow</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Just 5 1/2 weeks after lifting its ban on U.S. beef, Japan slammed the door shut again Friday, saying a recent shipment contained material it considered…
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The USDA is Out of Control
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/19/build/nation/75-usda-audit.inc"><acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> faked anti-competition investigations, audit says</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The Agriculture Department has pretended to investigate anti-competitive behavior among stockyards and meat companies since 1999, but in hundreds of cases it hasn't actually filed complaints, says an audit released Wednesday.<br />n<br />nSenior…
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Selling Cattle
<a href="http://news.monstersandcritics.com/business/article_1076813.php/Oklahoma_beef_producers_selling_early">Oklahoma beef producers selling early</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Oklahoma wildfires are driving beef producers to auction animals at a younger age to avoid the economic consequences of lost pasturage.<br />n<br />nDry wheat pastures plus burned stockpiles of grass are a costly burden to producers, leading many to sell their cattle months earlier than normal, the Daily…
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Yet Another Country Opens
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/14/build/world/70-beef-imports.inc">South Korea OKs some U.S. beef imports</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>South Korea and the United States agreed Friday on partially ending a two-year import ban on American beef triggered by mad cow disease, the South Korean government said.<br />n<br />nSouth Korea shut its doors to U.S. beef imports in December 2003 after the first U.S. case…
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Simply Criminal
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/11/build/business/45-canada-meat.inc">Report: Canadian meat imports continued despite bad inspections</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Two years ago, U.S. food safety officials warned that Canadian meat and poultry inspections were lacking, yet the Agriculture Department refused to stop the flow of imports from Canada, a department investigation found.</blockquote><br />n<br />nSo, Canadian meat processors don't meet the standards as required yet…