SYDNEY - Aug 2/04 - SNS -- Australian meat production during the second quarter of 2004 was at its highest level since the closing quarter of 2002, judging from the latest data available from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Aug 6/04 - SNS -- The past week saw steep declines in the number of livestock offered through online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd, with both sheep and cattle offerings posting substantial declines. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CALGARY - Aug 10/04 - SNS -- A group of Canadian cattle producers re pushing governments to provide bridge financing for construction of a large, regional, producer-owned packing plant, which would incorporate BSE testing of all cattle slaughtered to produce export bound beef. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Aug 12/04 - SNS -- Few changes were made to the USDA's outlook for the domestic livestock sector in the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA Domestic Red Meat Situation -- August 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

SYDNEY - Aug 13/04 - SNS -- Livestock offered through online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd declined for the second week in a row as a modest increase in sheep offerings was more than offset by a solid drop in cattle. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Aug 13/04 - SNS the proposed FDA ban on feeding Specified Risk Materials (SRM) in any animal feed is "unwarranted" and other prevention measures being considered by the government agency "may not be scientifically or economically justified," claims the American Meat Institute Foundation president James Hodges, in a letter submitted to the FDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Aug 19/04 - SNS -- There are record numbers of cattle in Canada, according to the latest survey by Statistics Canada, with the national herd jumping 6.5% over last year to 16.8 million head as of July 1. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WINNIPEG - Aug 19/04 - SNS -- The latest Statistics Canada cattle numbers underscore the need for western Canada to support a significant expansion in slaughter capacity to help relieve the record numbers of cattle on hand, argues Manitoba's agriculture minister Rosann Wowchuk. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Aug 19/04 - SNS -- The number of cattle and calves on hand across the United States and Canada is up 1% over last year as of July 1 at 120.4 million, according to jointly released estimates from Statistics Canada and the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about Canadian Cattle by Province July 1, 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

SYDNEY - Aug 20/04 - SNS -- Livestock offered through online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd rose to end two weeks of declining activity. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Aug 20/04 - SNS -- Commercial red meat production declined across all major product categories in July, according to the latest slaughter data available from the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Slaughter Number and Weight -- July 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Hog Slaughter by State -- July 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Sheep Slaughter by State -- July 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Cattle Slaughter by State -- July 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Calf Slaughter by State -- July 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Aug 20/04 - SNS -- The number of cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States rose 3% over last year to 9.85 million animals in feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head, according to the latest USDA data. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Cattle on Feed by State - Aug 1, 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Cattle on Feed by Weight - Aug 1, 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Aug 20/04 - SNS -- Total red meat supplies in freezers were up 1% from last month at 808 million pounds, but down 2% from last year, according to the latest stocks in cold storage report from the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Aug 23/03 - SNS -- Australia's beef industry faces a fundamentally bright outlook because the country does not face any disease based trade bans, allowing it to capitalize on the trade woes facing international competitors such as Canada and the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Aug 26/04 - SNS -- There was a general decline in the quantity of meat in cold storage in Canada in August, with red meat stocks down on both the month and the year, while poultry supplies were below year earlier levels and up on the month. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Aug 27/04 - SNS -- Livestock offered through online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd rose to end two weeks of declining activity. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MOSCOW - Aug 30/04 - SNS -- Little change in meat production is expected in Russia in 2005, with rising pork output offsetting projected declines in beef. . . . Continue or visitors click here

TOKYO - Aug 31/04 - SNS -- The absence of competition on Japan's import beef market is continuing to affect prices paid by consumers, with retail prices reaching four month highs in August, according to Japan's Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA Grower Livestock Prices Received -- August, 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

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