A table about Australia -- Livestock Slaughter Summary . . . Subscribers Only

TAIPEI - Apr 1/04 - SNS -- Taiwan is looking into lifting its bans on imports of Canadian and U.S. beef, but requests for documentation on the status of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in the two countries have not yet been met. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Apr 2/04 - SNS -- Activity at online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd nearly doubled during the past week, with gains posted by both sheep and cattle. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Apr 6/04 - SNS -- Representatives from the Manitoba government will visit Washington to press for more liberal rules on livestock trade between Canada and the United States once the ban on imports of Canadian live cattle is lifted by the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Apr 7/04 - SNS -- The Canadian Cattlemen's Association (CCA) is pleased that the comment period for U.S. rules to restart imports of Canadian live cattle and beef is now over. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Domestic Red Meat Supply-Use . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Apr 8/04 - SNS -- Few changes were made to the USDA's red meat and poultry production forecasts for 2004 from last month's World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

KIEV - Apr 9/04 - APK -- According to State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, the number of cattle in the country as of April 1, 2004 dropped 15.3% from the same date last year - to 8.115 million heads. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Apr 10/04 - SNS -- A short trading week contributed to last week's decline in sales numbers at online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd, with massive declines recorded for both sheep and cattle. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Apr 14/04 - SNS -- The USDA has patented a monoclonal antibody which can be used to test pig carcasses for the presence of certain feed additives. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Apr 16/04 - SNS -- Interest in selling livestock remained at a low level during the past week, with sheep offerings plunging to their lowest level in many weeks at online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Cattle on Feed Placements by Weight . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Apr 16/04 - SNS -- The number of cattle and calves on feed for slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.75 million head on April 1, 2004, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Apr 20/04 - SNS -- The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service now recognizes France and Spain as regions free of classical swine fever (CSF), reopening the door to trade. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Apr 21/04 - SNS -- Total red meat supplies in freezers were down 5% from last month and down 7% from a year ago, according to the latest USDA cold storage data. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Apr 23/04 - SNS -- Commercial red meat production rose 6% in March to total 3.95 billion pounds in the United States, helped by record output of pork meat, reports the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Livestock Slaghter Summary . . . Subscribers Only

SYDNEY - Apr 23/04 - SNS -- Interest in selling livestock surged during the past week, with sheep offerings managing a sixfold increase at online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LONDON - Apr 26/04 - SNS -- Pork producers in England are paying closer attention to the origins of imported pork and pork products, claiming much of it is produced under conditions which do not meet the country's minimum standards. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Apr 28/04 - SNS -- Gross income from livestock sales jumped 17% in the United States during 2003 because of a 19% jump in cattle revenue resulting from bans on imports of competing animals from Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Apr 29/04 - SNS -- April started with a 2% general decline in meat stocks in cold storage, with total supplies of red meat falling roughly 2% below each March and year earlier levels, according to the latest data from Statistics Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Apr 29/04 - SNS -- Surging hog exports contributed to a decline in the number of animals on Canadian farms during the first quarter of 2004, reports Statistics Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WICHITA - Apr 29/04 - SNS -- Excel Corporation voluntarily recalled approximately 45,030 pounds of ground beef as a precautionary measure because of concerns of potential contamination by E. coli O157:H7. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Apr 30/04 - SNS -- Interest in selling livestock declined during the past week, with offerings of all classes of livestock dropping at online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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