US Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns this week welcomed the move by Korea, which follows action by the US Department of Agriculture to ensure the abattoirs comply with the strict import requirements imposed in the wake of the BSE detections in North America. US Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns this week welcomed the move by Korea, which follows action by the US Department of Agriculture to ensure the abattoirs comply with the strict import requirements imposed in the wake of the BSE...

Despite some start-up problems, beef exports to Korea are rapidly increasing. delegation is in Japan to begin technical discussions, the next step in the process to more fully open the Japanese market to U. Any republishing of these pages, including electronic reproduction of the editorial archives or classified advertising, is strictly prohibited. Korea lifts suspension of imports from six U. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns announced June 25 that the government of South Korea has...

Department of Agriculture reported the choice grade boxed beef cutout value Friday down $0. The number of loads reported for fabricated cuts was 258 and for trimmings and coarse grinds was 115. The index formula is derived using USDA pork cutout values and western corn belt hog prices. The latest operating margin index for beef packers was minus $2. The projected value for the two-day average CME lean hog index for Thursday was $77. CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--A summary of fundamental data for...

The recent mass removal of tainted and suspect spinach from the market is a reminder of this - and of the need for US agriculture to adopt more appropriate safety measures. Food-safety experts pushing for produce to be as regulated and overseen as meat are probably right, but this direction involves an irony and perhaps an element of faulty reasoning. Moving to meat-like inspections will force even more centralization of food production, because only large producers will be able to afford...

CRUDE palm oil futures prices at the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives eased in early trading dampened by losses in soybean oil and faltering export activities. Short covering support and closing out positions by traders ahead of USDA s June acreage report last Friday and first notice day for July deliveries helped support values. Prices made historic highs above the RM2,900 level in early June and corrected sharply after a two-week decline to close the second quarter with handsome gains. Traders...