SYDNEY - May 3/04 - SNS -- Solid increases in the number of sheep processed during the first quarter of the current calendar year lifted total Australian slaughter upward, according to the latest data available from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - May 4/04 - SNS -- The Australian government has suspended shipments of live animals to Saudi Arabia until the two countries negotiate a memorandum of understanding (MOU) specifically covering live animal shipments. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - May 7/04 - SNS -- Advances in sales of cattle at online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd. were not enough to offset steep declines in sheep sales activity. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 7/04 - SNS -- Canadian live swine imports materially injured the U.S. industry in the opinion of the United States International Trade Commission (ITC). . . . Continue or visitors click here

TOKYO - May 11/04 - SNS -- Retail beef markets in Japan posted a mixed performance over the past two weeks, with prices for imported beef rising, while prices for domestically produced meat slipped. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 12/04 - SNS -- Total U.S. meat production in 2005 is projected to increase slightly from 2004 as lower red meat output is more than offset by higher poultry meat production, said the USDA in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA -- U.S. Red Meat Supply and Use Dated May 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - May 13/04 - SNS -- The USDA has authorized credit guarantees covering sales of up to $5 million of livestock and products to Jordan under the Commodity Credit Corporation's Intermediate Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-103) for fiscal year 2004. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - May 14/04 - SNS -- Advances in sales of sheep at online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd. were more than enough to offset a modest dip in cattle sales activity. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - May 14/04 - SNS -- Advances in sales of sheep at online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd. were more than enough to offset a modest dip in cattle sales activity. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - May 14/04 - SNS -- Advances in sales of sheep at online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd. were more than enough to offset a modest dip in cattle sales activity. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - May 14/04 - SNS -- Advances in sales of sheep at online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd. were more than enough to offset a modest dip in cattle sales activity. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - May 14/04 - SNS -- Advances in sales of sheep at online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd. were more than enough to offset a modest dip in cattle sales activity. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - May 14/04 - SNS -- Advances in sales of sheep at online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd. were more than enough to offset a modest dip in cattle sales activity. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - May 14/04 - SNS -- Advances in sales of sheep at online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd. were more than enough to offset a modest dip in cattle sales activity. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 19/04 - SNS -- Talks between the United States and Japan aimed at restarting trade in beef between the two countries failed to reach a meaningful conclusion in Japan and will resume in the United States next month. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 21/04 - SNS -- Record pork meat output was during April failed to prevent commercial red meat production in the United States from falling 3% to 3.71 billion pounds, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Federally Inspected Slaughter -- April, 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Livestock Slaughter Summary -- April, 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

SYDNEY - May 21/04 - SNS -- There was a solid advance in the number sheep offered at online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd., which more than enough to offset declines in cattle sales activity. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 21/04 - SNS -- The number of cattle and calves on feed in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 10.36 million head on May 1, 2004, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LONDON - May 24/04 - SNS -- The English Beef and Lamb Executive (EBLEX) is excited by news Brazil has ended its ban on imports of cattle genetics from the United Kingdom. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ARLINGTON - May 24/04 - SNS -- The American Meat Institute (AMI) says all beef produced in Canada and the United States is safe and that attacks on Canadian beef by some U.S. lawmakers is equally an attack on American beef producers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - May 25/04 - SNS -- Increased world travel and trade has brought with it an increase in the risk of spreading livestock diseases across national boundaries and the need for collaborative action, say the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and FAO. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CALGARY - May 26/04 - SNS -- Tyson Foods and the Alberta Agriculture Department will evaluate the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) by the cattle industry. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 26/04 - SNS -- The American Meat Institute (AMI) is disgusted by an anti-trade lobbying effort launched by the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund (RCALF) which panders to the public's lack of understanding of BSE. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - May 27/04 - SNS -- Total supplies of meat in cold storage in Canada at the beginning May rose above year earlier levels, according to the latest stocks data available from Statistics Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - May 28/04 - SNS -- A massive decline in the number sheep offered at online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd. during the past week more than enough to offset gains in cattle sales activity. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - May 28/04 - SNS -- Australian cattle futures ended the week on a firm note after significant rainfall through Victoria, NSW and Queensland lifted physical cattle prices and market optimism, according to the concluding market summary by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA). . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - May 28//04 - SNS -- Cattle slaughter activity rose sharply in April, according to a report compiled by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA). . . . Continue or visitors click here

JAKARTA - May 31/04 - SNS -- Indonesia's ban on imports of U.S. origin beef has been lifted based on reports the Paris-based Office International des Epizooties (OIE) believes the United States is free of BSE. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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