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Brazil Beef Industry Looks North to Expand
Brasil Foods, formed by the merger of Perdigao and Sadia, is exploring expansion in the U.S. following JBS S.A.'s bid to acquire Pilgrim's Pride Corp....
Aussie McDonald’s Outlets Make Market Progress With Angus
In late August, McDonald's added a new range of premium burgers 100% Australian Angus to the menus of its 785 restaurants across Australia. Demand doubled...
Canada Requests WTO Panel Review Over U.S. Country of Origin Labeling Law
The government of Canada on Oct. 7 officially asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to convene a panel to investigate the U.S. mandatory country of...
U.S Beef Moving on up in Japanese Consumers Estimation
U.S. beef exports to Japan added 26% on August 2008 volume to 8,109 tons (58% of the pre-BSE volume in August 2003). In the calendar year to August, U.S....
Argentine Cattle No Longer Home Just On The Range
Argentina's vast plains are bigger than Texas, and for more than a century, great herds of cattle roamed and ate to their hearts' content. ...
Pragmatism opens markets
An all-or-nothing approach to reopening global markets for U.S. beef has lost the industry tens of millions of dollars in the past few years. Thank goodness...
Russian Prez Concerned About Falling Cattle Numbers
Among other fallout of the current economic crisis, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is concerned about falling cattle numbers in his country and has called on the country’s Ag Ministry to deal with the problem...
Once The Export King, Argentina Set To Import Beef
Just 35 years ago, Argentina was the world's biggest exporter of beef. Today, it exports almost no beef and, for the first time in history, may have to import up to 1 million tons of beef next year...
OIE Hikes Cattle Age Limits With Regard To BSE
World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) adopted a resolution last Friday lifting cattle age limits for beef exports and imports with regard to BSE...
Upsetting the neighbors
With mandatory country of origin labeling (MCOOL), the U.S. could not have upset its neighbors at a more critical time. After being implemented seven...
Global Wrap
Just as the U.S. beef industry was slogging its way out of the BSE mire, the current global economic calamity reminds us again how important the global...
EU-U.S. Reach Beef Deal On Hormone-Treated Beef
The U.S. and the European Union (EU) signed an agreement in Geneva on Wednesday concerning the long-running dispute over hormone-treated beef...
EU And U.S. Agree To More Talks On Hormone Ban
The European Union (EU) and the U.S. agreed this week to further discussions on their long-running dispute (since 1988) over U.S. beef products from cattle raised with the use of growth implants...
Russia Continues To Strive For Self-Sufficiency In Cattle
Russia has spent about $8 billion over the last four years importing breeding cattle to establish a domestic beef and milk industry...
LMA Skeptical NAIS Can Maintain Speed Of Commerce
A Livestock Marketing Association (LMA) rep told USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack last week that America’s livestock markets are skeptical the current National Animal Identification System (NAIS)...
Exports to jump
The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) says U.S. beef sales to Japan could increase by 35% in 2009, thanks to the stronger yen, which jumped 23% against...
Canada Demands South Korea Accept Its Beef
Canada Ag Minister Gerry Ritz told South Korean trade and ag ministers this week that South Korea has to the end of March to reopen its borders to Canadian beef or face a challenge before the World Trade Organization. ...
Congressmen Ask For Restoration Of MAP Funds
A bipartisan group of 27 congressmen have written President Barack Obama and the Senate and House Budget Committees in opposition to the administration’s proposed 20% cut in the Market Access Program (MAP). ...
Neighbor Relations
Neighboring is a ranching tradition likely as old as the industry itself. Born of necessity, it is still one of the most enduring and endearing parts...
Canadian Cattle Numbers Down
Total cattle inventories in Canada as of Jan. 1 were 13.180 million, 5.1% fewer than a year ago, according to Statistics Canada. Canadian cattle inventories have declined ...
Beef Exports Finish Strong In 2008
The U.S. beef sector finished 2008 strong with excellent December export performance, reports USDA’s Foreign Ag Service. ...
Beef Exports Finish Strong In 2008
The U.S. beef sector finished 2008 strong with excellent December export performance, reports USDA’s Foreign Ag Service. ...
BEEF Magazine Discusses Global Competition
The U.S. beef industry is in a global slugfest,” says Clint Peck, a BEEF contributing editor and director of beef quality assurance at Montana State University’s Institute for Global Beef Studies. ...
Argentina Storm Breaks Drought
Much needed rain, especially in the wheat belt of Santa Fe, has finally arrived in Argentina. ...
Russians express interest in purchasing Montana beef genetics
Purebred cattle are beginning to be shipped to Russia in an effort to build up its beef industry - a win-win situation for both the U.S. and Russia. ...
From Our Columnists
Advocate or Perish
"While the affluent nations can certainly afford to adopt ultra low-risk positions toward new advances in agricultural science and technology, and pay...
Don't Market Like 2008
Many ranchers' first inclination in marketing their 2009 calves is to base it on their 2008 calf crop experiences. That could be a serious mistake...
No Silver Bullet
I was so impressed with Richard Roth's letter to the editor that I thought it deserved some follow-up...
