ROME - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- Trade bans resulting from the discovery of animal diseases in several export countries has now brought roughly a third of the world's meat exports to a halt, says the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 2/04 - SNS - The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending its brucellosis regulations concerning the interstate movement of cattle by changing Missouri's brucellosis classification from Class A to Class Free. . . . Continue or visitors click here

TOKYO - Mar 2/04 - SNS -- The price of imported Australian beef declined on Japan's wholesale markets during the past week, dropping to levels not seen since Japan was allowing imports of U.S. beef. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MEXICO CITY - Mar 3/04 - SNS -- The Mexican government has relaxed its ban on U.S. beef, allowing imports of deboned beef from cows under 30 months of age and veal meat from heifers under nine months of age. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- USDA researchers believe they have come up with an alternative to antibiotics in efforts to control Escherichia coli, the leading cause of sickness and death in newborn and weaned pigs. Each year, the U.S. swine industry loses millions of dollars to bacterial infections in these vulnerable, young animals.. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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

WINNIPEG - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- Manitoba's BSE Task Force will accept submissions from interested persons online, says provincial Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Rosann Wowchuk. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has reopened the comment period over allowing beef to be imported from countries, such as Canada, which have experienced isolated cases of BSE and are deemed to present a minimal risk to U.S. consumers and the beef industry. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 4/04 - SNS -- The American Meat Institute (AMI) commended the USDA for starting the process of allowing certain cattle and beef products from BSE minimal risk countries into the U.S. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- While the United States produced a record quantity of pork meat during 2003, this did not prevent total red meat output from slipping 1.2% below 2002 to 46.8 billion pounds, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Feb 27/04 - SNS -- Live sheep and cattle auctions in Australia posted a good performance during the week, representing a complete reversal of activity of Australia's fledgling cattle futures market, suggest the latest date available from AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CALGARY - Mar 5/04 - SNS -- The Canadian Cattlemen's Association (CCA) says it is pleased to see the USDA start moving toward a definite time when trade in cattle will be resumed between the two countries. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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TOKYO - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Japan's agriculture ministry reports retail prices for cuts of imported beef declined for the first time in eight weeks in the country's supermarkets last week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Mar 9/04 - SNS -- Australian consumers continued to increase the amount of money they are spend on red meat last year, with the result domestic sales jumped A$420 million to over $7.7 billion. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 10/04 - SNS -- Red meat and poultry production forecasts for the United States for 2004 are lowered from last month as reduced forecasts of beef and turkey production more than offset higher forecasts of pork and broilers, according tothe latest data from the USDA's World Agriculture Outlook Board. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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LONDON - Mar 11/04 - SNS -- Livestock numbers were under pressure in 2003, with the number of animals on hand as of December 1 dropping in all major classes, except the beef herd, according to the latest survey data available from the United Kingdom's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). . . . Continue or visitors click here

CANBERRA - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- The Australian government patted itself on the back for properly managing the country's beef exports to the United States in order to prevent the industry from accidentally over shooting its import quota. . . . Continue or visitors click here

TOKYO - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Free trade negotiations between Mexico and Japan have wrapped up and a deal is now awaiting official announcement in both countries, say Japanese negotiators. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- Limited activity was seen on the cattle futures market this week, with just five contracts traded, reports Meat and Livestock Australia. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Mar 12/04 - SNS -- There was an improvement in the number of animals auctioned during the past week report AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 15/04 - SNS -- The USDA will expand its Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) testing program in the United States from the current rate of around 40,000 animals in 2004 to around 268,000. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Mar 16/04 - SNS -- Australia's presence in Japan's beef market has improved dramatically since Japan banned imports of U.S. origin beef in December, rising by 44% to 59,000 metric tons (MT) during January and February. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Mar 16/04 -- SNS -- Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) is becoming more involved in animal welfare issues in the Middle East , inviting animal welfare groups in the region to work with the Australian industry to further improve animal handlingstandards. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BRISBANE - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Australia's pork industry will not experience long term growth unless it finds new ways to sell what it produces, including the development of niche markets, argues Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Senator Judith Troeth said today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

REGINA - Mar 18/04 - SNS -- Fire damaged part of the farrowing site and killed several animals at one of Saskatchewan Wheat Pool's (SWP) affiliated hog operations. No employees were hurt. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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WASHINGTON - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Commercial red meat production slipped below year earlier levels, with declines in beef output overcoming a jump in port output to record levels. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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SYDNEY - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Open interest on Australia's fledgling cattle futures market declined with the March option becoming deliverable during the week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- The number of animals moving through online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd were down during the week, but the company suggested its auctions attracted more than its normal share of action. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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WASHINGTON - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- Red meat in cold storage in the United States at the end of February was down 4% from year earlier levels at 934.7 million pounds, according to the latest data assembled by the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 19/04 - SNS -- The number of cattle and calves on feed in the United States in feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.98 million head on March 1, up 4% from the 10.55 million head on March 1, 2003 but 5% below March 1, 2002. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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SYDNEY - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- The European Union's decision to remove export subsidies on uncooked pigmeat following protests by the Australian Government was welcomed by Australian Agriculture Minister Warren Truss. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Mar 22/04 - SNS -- Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) will continue to develop and improve the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) says NLIS Manager Mick Prendergast to producers who attended a series of NLIS meetings held across Queensland last week. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Farrowings 1998 to 2002 . . . Subscribers Only

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LONDON - Mar 23/04 - SNS -- Ireland's ability to rebound from the depths of the BSE crisis to regain markets even though it is rated as a high risk origin is due in no small part to the country's tracing system for cattle. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LONDON - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- Pork production costs in Europe are experiencing a general increase, suggest a report published by the British Pig Executive (BPEX). . . . Continue or visitors click here

VIENNA - Mar 24/04 - SNS -- The Hungarian government has been forced to subsidize its pork industry to help bridge the time until the country joins the European Union (EU) and the sector will no longer be eligible for subsidies. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Mar 25/04 - SNS -- The quantity of red meat on hand in Canada at the end of February was down from the previous month, but above year earlier levels, according to the latest data available from Statistics Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- The number of animals moving through online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd were down during the week mainly because of declining offerings of sheep. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- Dairy product prices continued their recent advance through the week ending March 20, judging from the latest USDA market data. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 26/04 - SNS -- Hog and pig inventories were up 2% from last year at 59.3 million animals in the United States, according to the USDA's quarterly report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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CANBERRA - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Australia is implementing a mandatory export licensing regime for the country's livestock industry as part of its implementation of findings of the Keniry Report into Australia's livestock export trade. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) and LiveCorp have announced a new series of workshops in the Middle East aimed at improving animal handling and welfare practices. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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VIENNA - Mar 30/04 - SNS -- Croatia's hog industry is working hard on improving its swine genetics as demand for higher quality hogs increases. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- An alarming loss of domestic livestock diversity is underway in the world as the number of distinct breeds of animals plunges, says the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- Japan dropped its 50% import duty on Australian beef back to the normal 38.5% as required under World Trade Organization (WTO) rules. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Mar 31/04 - SNS -- New Zealand is also experiencing record beef export demand on account of import bans on Canadian and U.S. origin beef in most Pacific Rim countries. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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