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May 21, 2009

RECIPE SWAP Market closures and price drops since the outbreak of H1N1 Influenza A are eerily familiar events with memories still vivid of May 2003 when the Canadian beef industry began taking it in the jaw over mad cow disease. Canadians rallied and ate more beef than ever that summer. This year barbecues are firing

Beef cattle, Opinion

Protecting The Canadian Brand

May 14, 2009

JOHN MORRISS EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Stéphane Dion may not exactly be a barrel of laughs, but the much-abused former leader of the Liberal party may soon get the last one. That will be when the U. S. imposes a carbon tax – which in some form, is probably what it’s going to do – and Canada,

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Beef Deal A Gleam Of Hope For U. S.-EU Trade Tensions

By Roberta Rampton May 14, 2009

The United States and European Union have agreed to temporarily put aside a 20-year fight over beef and do some business – a new pragmatic stage in a testy trade relationship that experts say could bode well for other bilateral fights. The four-year provisional deal on beef does not solve the fundamental divide over food

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Genetic Blueprint For Cattle Created

By Julie Steenhuysen May 7, 2009

Scientists have created the first genetic blueprint of domestic cattle, saying the map may lead to tastier beef, better milk and even new insights about human health. The Hereford cow’s is the first mapped livestock animal sequence, and the researchers think it will help explain how cattle evolved, why they ended up with a four-chambered

Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

Alberta Decision Has National Repercussions

By Will Verboven May 7, 2009

It would seem that the Minister in his quest to rein in the ABP may have opened a whole new can of problems. Arecent decision by Alberta Minister of Agriculture George Groeneveld to introduce a refundable cattle checkoff is going to affect the cattle and beef industry both nationally and even internationally. The decision, which

Beef cattle, Livestock

South Korea Returns To U. S. Beef

April 23, 2009

South Korea has reclaimed its position as the No. 3 market for U. S. beef after lifting a five-year ban put in place following the first case of mad cow disease in the United States in 2003. Industry sources expect sales to South Korea to continue rising in coming months amid some stability in the

Beef cattle, News

Canada Takes WTO Action On South Korean Beef Ban

April 16, 2009

Canada will request World Trade Organization consultations on South Korea’s ban on Canadian beef imports, a formal step which could lead to stronger action, Trade Minister Stockwell Day said April 8. South Korea banned Canadian beef in May 2003 af ter bovine spongi form encephalopathy (BSE) was found in a Canadian cow, but Day said

Beef cattle, Hogs, News, Poultry

Investors Liking The Taste Of U. S. Meat Companies

By Bob Burgdorfer April 16, 2009

“Even though we may be at the bottom of the recession, we still have to climb out of it.” – JIM ROBB Investors like the taste of meat again, bidding up shares of Tyson, Smithfield, Hormel and Sanderson Farms as the spring and summer cookout season is about to heat up. While some of these

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, News

Mandatory U. S. Animal ID On Its Way, Beef Sector Protests

By Christopher Doering April 16, 2009

The U. S. livestock industry could soon be facing a mandatory tracking system for animals, but the proposal is being vigorously opposed by beef producers. A voluntary animal-tracking system, known as traceback, has been in place since shortly after the country’s first case of mad cow disease in December 2003, but some members of Congress

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Hogs, Livestock

New Label Law Shakes Up U. S. Meat Industry

By Bob Burgdorfer April 16, 2009

Bryan Karwal raises and sells 18,000 Canadianborn hogs a year on his Iowa farm, but a new food-labelling law designed to help consumers threatens that business because it has shut off key markets for the hogs. The law has also angered Canada and Mexico because they say it will hurt demand for their cattle and

Daily Network News

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

Australian farmers shift to less fertilizer-intensive crops as Iran war costs surge

India, Japan canola crops to be steady in 2026/27 – USDA

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