Removing Japanese Beef Trade Barrier is Welcomed
Japan is Americas biggest export market for beefand now we have the opportunity to grow that market a little more, thanks to Tokyos decision this month to li...
BSE
Enjoying US Beef with Confidence
Reports last week that a California dairy cow tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)--popularly known as mad cow diseasehas raised concer...
U.S.-Mexican Pork Trade
"Under NAFTA U.S. pork trade with Mexico became tariff free on January 1, 2003, but that has not stopped repeated efforts to inhibit movement of U.S. hogs and p...
The U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement is a Unique Opportunity
The U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has become an easy target for trade policy critics in general and those with specific industry concerns like automobil...
Technology Moves Food Safety Forward
Two cows meet at a fence. This mad-cow disease sure is scary, says the first. I know what you mean, replies the second. Good thing it doesnt hurt us chick...
Partial Disintegration of the North American Beef Industry
With the two year anniversary of the discovery of BSE in Canada upon us and no resumption of live cattle flows to the U.S. in the foreseeable future, it is time...