SYDNEY - Sep 1/04 - SNS -- Australian livestock slaughter activity is now showing a declining trend, after many months of an increased trend, according to the latest report by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Sep 3/04 - SNS -- Livestock offered through online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd rose for the second week in a row, lifted by strong sheep and lamb selling interest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BRASILIA - Sep 3/04 - SNS -- Improved economic conditions are expected to drive increases in pork and beef production in Brazil in 2005. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Sep 6/04 - SNS -- The outlook for Australia's sheep and lamb industry remains good in the face of solid domestic, U.S. and Asian demand, says Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) in its latest sheep industry projections. . . . Continue or visitors click here

TOKYO - Sep 7/04 - SNS -- An advisory panel looking at bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) has recommended Japan drop its rule for mandatory testing of all cattle because the disease cannot currently be detected in animals under 20 months of age. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Sep 9/04 - SNS -- A vaccine developed by Australia's CSIRO Livestock Industries and the Cooperative Research Centre for Cattle and Beef Quality is now available in the country to help livestock producers combat bovine respiratory disease. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 10/04 - SNS -- No changes were made to red meat and poultry production estimates for 2005 in the latest USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA Domestic Red Meat Supply-Demand - Sep/04 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Sep 10/04 - SNS -- Few changes are expected in prices in the livestock sector in the coming months, when compared to previous forecasts, according to the latest USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Sep 10/04 - SNS -- Livestock offered through online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd rose for the second week in a row, lifted by strong sheep and lamb selling interest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Sep 10/04 - SNS -- The Canadian government has committed up to $488 million to help rebuild Canada's livestock industry, once it completes a round of consultation with the provinces, territories, the Canadian Cattlemen's Association, and otherindustry groups. . . . Continue or visitors click here

TOKYO - Sep 13/04 - SNS -- Japan's agriculture department confirmed a 5-year-old dairy cow tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE, last week at a slaughterhouse in Shisui town, in the southern prefecture of Kumamoto. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Sep 14/04 - SNS -- Australian consumers are clearly not worried about the safety of the country's red meat, increasing their consumption during the past year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LONDON - Sep 15/04 - SNS -- The first shipment of breeding pigs was shipped from the United Kingdom to Japan since an outbreak of Classical Swine Fever in 2000, reports the British Pig Executive (BPEX), which says the deal is result of a series of trade missions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LONDON - Sep 17/04 - SNS -- British lamb is bow being test marketed at supermarkets in France under the Mille Plaisirs d'Agneau label, created by the English Beef and Lamb Executive (EBLEX) and comprising nine different cuts supplied to 14 branches of the French supermarket Intermarché. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Sep 17/04 - SNS -- Livestock offered through online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd rose during the past week, with a major increase in sheep and lamb offerings more than offsetting continued declines in cattle. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Cattle Placements by Weight Class - Sep 1/04 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Sep 17/04 - SNS -- The number of cattle and calves on feed in the United States inched upward in August, reaching 9.97 million head on September 1 in feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head, reports the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

TOKYO - Sep 21/04 - SNS -- Japanese government officials say another cow has tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 22/04 - SNS -- Total red meat supplies in freezers were up 4% from last month and up 4% from last year, according to the latest USDA report on agricultural commodities in cold storage. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Sep 24/04 - SNS -- Livestock offered through online auctions managed by AuctionsPlus Pty Ltd fell during the past week, with a major drop in sheep and lamb offerings more than offsetting increased cattle sales interest. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Livestock Slaughter by Class -- Aug 04 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Livestock Slaughter Summary -- Aug 04 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Sep 24/04 - SNS -- Falling beef production more than offset record monthly pork production levels in August to push commercial red meat output in the United States lower. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Hog Inventory by Weight - Sep 1/04 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Sep 24/04 - SNS -- U.S. hog producers intend to have 2.86 million sows farrow during the September-November 2004 quarter, 1% above the actual farrows during the same period in both 2003 and 2002, reports the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 24/04 - SNS -- The number of hogs and pigs on farms in the United States as of September 1 inched 1% ahead of last year and June 1 to total 61.4 million head, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Sep 24/04 - SNS -- The efficiency of hog breeding herds in the United States continues to increase over time, asserts the USDA in its latest report on the U.S. Hog Breeding Herd Structure. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA -- Grower Prices for Livestock - Sep 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

OTTAWA - Sep 30/04 - SNS -- Supplied of frozen and chilled red meat in cold storage in Canada at the opening of the first business day of September was down from month and year earlier levels, according to the latest stock estimates from Statistics Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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