SYDNEY - Jun 4/04 - SNS -- A modest improvement in the number of sheep offered at online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd. during the past week was offset by a drop in cattle sales activity for little net change in the total number of animals sold. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 4/04 - SNS -- Certain meat-based pet food treats imported by the United States will be the subject of an investigation by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 7/04 - SNS -- The USDA published the final rule establishing assessment collection and remittance rules and regulations for the Lamb Promotion, Research and Information Program. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Jun 10/04 - SNS -- Australian meat packers will now have the option of hot grading beef on the floor as well as using the traditional method of grading chilled beef. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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

A table about U.S. Quarterly Prices for Animal Products . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Jun 10/04 - SNS -- U.S. meat production forecasts for 2005 are unchanged from last month, while this year's forecast is slightly lower, according to the latest forecasts released by the USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Jun 11/04 - SNS -- The past week saw a solid improvement in the number of livestock offered at online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd. during the past week, with both sheep and cattle numbers up. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CANBERRA - Jun 11/04 - SNS -- Australia's beef exports to major North Asian markets have risen sharply this year in response to strong export demand brought on by the absence of U.S. competition, notes the U.S. agricultural attache here in a report on the country's export trade. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 16/04 - SNS -- Major agribusiness organizations in the United States support efforts to repeal the mandatory country of origin labelling (COOL) program in the United States and make it voluntary. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Jun 18/04 - SNS -- The past week saw a solid improvement in the number of livestock offered at online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd. during the past week, with both sheep and cattle numbers up. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Jun 18/04 - SNS -- Australian researchers have discovered a gene in cattle, which they say will help cattle producers more accurately predict the genetic potential of their animals to produce better tasting, more valuable, beef. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 189/04 - SNS -- The number of cattle and calves on feed in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.62 million head on June 1, 2004. The inventory was 1% above June 1, 2003 but 3% below June 1, 2002. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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

WASHINGTON - Jun 21/04 - SNS -- Total red meat supplies in freezers at the end of May were down 7% from last month at 831.8 million pounds and down 8% from last year, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Jun 22/04 - SNS -- Australian researchers are looking at the influence of nutrition on meat quality by focusing on the supplementary feeding of pastoral cattle finished on tagasaste (Chamaecytisus proliferus). . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Jun 24/04 - SNS -- The quantity of frozen and chilled red meat in cold storage in Canada at the beginning of June was down 10% from last year at 79,536 metric tons (MT), according to the latest survey by Statistics Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Livestock Slaughter Summary May 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Livestock Slaughter by Class May 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Jun 25/04 - SNS -- Commercial red meat production was down sharply in the United States in May, dropping 9% from the 3.94 billion pounds produced in May 2003 to 3.60 billion pounds, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Jun 25/04 - SNS -- The past week saw a net increase in the number of livestock offered at online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd. during the past week, with declines in sheep numbers offset by stronger cattle offerings. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Hog Inventory by Weight June 1, 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Hog Farrowing as of June 1, 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Jun 25/04 - SNS -- Hog inventories finished the second quarter of the 2004 calendar year with more animals on hand than during the previous quarter of the same three-month period in 2003. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Jun 29/04 - SNS -- Australian beef brand for Japan, Aussie Beef, is considered one of the top 10 best tasting brands of beef sold in Japan, according to results of a recent survey. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA - Average June 2004 Livestock & Product Prices . . . Subscribers Only

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