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From Steve Kay, editor and publisher of Cattle Buyers Weekly. Catch a roundup of each week’s cattle-market activity every Friday afternoon! View the market review now!
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Bird Flu Hits Britain; Draws Trade Bans
Britain destroyed 159,000 turkeys this week following the discovery of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian flu on a farm in eastern England...
Senators Call For Hold on Canadian Cattle Rule
Senators Mike Enzi (R-WY), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), and John Thune (R-SD) have asked USDA Secretary Mike Johanns to withdraw USDA's proposed rule...
Panama & U.S. complete FTA
The U.S. and Panama completed free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations. USDA says the agreement provides that more than half of all current U.S. farm exports...
Vietnam trade measure approved
Congress has approved permanent normal trade relations status (PNTR) for Vietnam. According to the U.S. Trade Representative it means tariffs on U.S....
U.N. blasts cattle production
A U.N. report takes aim at the world's livestock industry but particularly singles out beef production, calling for the taxing of beef products as a way...
Japanese chains ask for beef
Japanese restaurateurs are urging their government to ease import restrictions on U.S. beef. The Japan Food Service Association (JFSA) and three other...
Canada border rule published
USDA published its proposed rule last month to allow the importation of live cattle more than 30 months of age, and beef products from such animals, from...
Korean Beef Ban Coming To A Head
Mexico Removes Tax On High Fructose Corn Syrup
McDonald's 4-Patty Big Mac Is A Big Hit In Japan
Korea/U.S. Spar Over Beef And Rice In Free Trade Talks
R-CALF Files Appeal Brief On Canada Border Issue
Canada Loosens Movements, Okays E. Coli Vaccine
USDA Canadian Import Rule Takes Next Step
Hearings and Tariffs -- Korea & U.S. Beef
No Japan beef for Kim Jong Il
Beef is one of the 24 luxury items banned from Japanese export to North Korea as part of U.N. Security Council resolution 1718. The measure, enacted in...
U.S.-Colombia trade pact signed
Representatives of the U.S. and Colombia signed the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA). The comprehensive agreement eliminates tariffs and...
Seoul rejects three U.S. beef shipments
At press time, South Korea had just rejected a third shipment of U.S. beef, citing the discovery of bone chips in a 10-ton shipment from Iowa. South Korea's...
Russia reopens to U.S. beef
With official signing of a bilateral trade agreement between the U.S. and Russia, U.S. beef has regained access to the Russian market, pending a plant...
Swiss Mull Ban
The idyllic country of Switzerland, known for its Alps, yodelers and complete neutrality, are inadvertently shedding their neutral image in a way most...
Global Competition
Nobody ever said the cattle business was going to be easy, but who knew even 20 years ago how complicated it would be to raise a calf and get it sent...
Indonesia Offers A $110 Burger
Aussie Beef Wins Top Brand Award In South Korea
Korean Official Calls For "More Rational" Approach
Another South Korea Rejection
From Our Columnists
Top 5 moves for getting out of the hay-feeding rut
Whether you're out feeding in the cold or just looking out your window at cows eating hay at a cost of $2/cow/day, it should be a wake-up call for all of us...
Buy/sell margins - part III
The feeder-cattle futures market is being whipsawed by corn futures prices. Corn futures prices were in the mid-to-high $3 range early in 2007...
Planning for successful breeding
What tasks need to be done to help assure a successful breeding season this year? Let’s start with the bulls. Nationally, about 10% of all bulls fail...
