Ranchers fume over USDA label law

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Livestock Producers Fear GIPSA Rule’s Vagueness and Unintended Consequences By National Cattlemen’s Beef Association FORT COLLINS (Aug. 27, 2010) – Beef and pork producers rallied against USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration’s (GIPSA) proposed federal rule on the buying and selling of livestock at a public meeting held in Fort Collins, Colo., Aug. 27. [...]

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Cattle Rise on Signs of Climbing U.S. Beef Exports; Hogs Gain

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By Whitney McFerron | Bloomberg.com Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) — Cattle futures rose to a one-week high on signs that global demand for U.S. beef is increasing. Hogs gained the most in two weeks. U.S. beef-export sales in the four weeks ended Aug. 26 rose 14 percent from a year earlier, the Department of Agriculture said [...]

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Indonesia drops Brazil beef

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ANY immediate prospect of Bra-zilian beef exports to Indonesia appears to have disappeared, fol-lowing an Indonesian Supreme Court ruling in favour of limiting importation to FMD-free countries only. In recent months it appeared likely that Indonesia was going to accept a zone-based FMD status for Brazil, allowing beef imports from those Brazilian states declared disease-free. [...]

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Livestock producers face industry-changing rule

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Livestock producers are facing a giant hurdle, one that could drastically change the beef industry: A new rule proposed by the United State Department of Agricultural (USDA) Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA). The rule would change a couple of keys features in the industry. The first is that this rule would make it [...]

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Cloned beef causing uproar in Britain traced to Wisconsin cow

Oxford dairy farmer harvested DNA from champion Holstein in 2000 Mark Rueth’s Holstein cow Paradise had just been crowned supreme champion of the World Dairy Expo in Madison in 2000 when a biotechnology company salesman approached him ringside and offered a cut-rate deal to clone Paradise so she could “live forever,” and make his farm [...]

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US Beef Imports Double in First Half of 2010

South Korean imports of US beef reportedly more than doubled in the first half of the year from 2009 making it the 4th largest importer of US beef after Mexico, Canada and Japan. The US Department of Agriculture says some 57-thousand tons of US beef were exported to the country in the first six months [...]

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Brazil’s Caixa to Finance $1.3 Billion in Beef Exports to Iran, Valor Says

Brazil’s state-controlled Caixa Economica Federal will finance up to 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in beef shipments to Iran after private banks refused to extend credit to exporters, fearing retaliation from the U.S. and European Union, Valor Economico said. The financing will be backed by Brazil’s Treasury, which will be responsible for collecting payment from [...]

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Mexico ends dumping duties on U.S. beef

Canadian beef now has a more competitive rival in the Mexican meat market, with Mexico having ended 10 years of anti-dumping duties on U.S. beef as of Wednesday. The Mexican ministry of the economy’s decision cancels all duties retroactive to April 29, meaning a number of companies bringing U.S. beef into Mexico can expect refunds. [...]

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What’s your beef about cloned farm produce?

MILK and beef from animals born of cloned cows has found its way onto the British food chain. The Food Standards Agency say the two bulls, descended from a cloned cow, had been slaughtered and “will have been eaten” but stressed there was no risk to public health. EMILY BUCHANAN took to the streets of [...]

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Gila Watershed Partnership receives grants

The Gila Watershed Partnership recently received two grants totaling more than $144,000 that will be used for education and to reduce E. coli levels in the San Francisco River. The partnership is a group of private citizens and state, federal and local agencies and municipalities that work toward improving the condition of the Gila River, [...]

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