The FAO Food Price Index averaged 215.5 points in April 2013, up two points (1.0 per cent) from its revised March value of 213.2 points and from April last year. At that level, the index is only nine per cent below the peak reached in February 2011. Similar to the price development in March,

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Stringent packaging and slaughtering rules are being introduced to ensure traceability for certain higher quality beef cuts to be exported to the Russian market.

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Grupo Frances busca inversores o socios para la explotacion de un frigorifico en Argentina ;

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INFORMES Y REPORTES ESTADISTICOS ARROZ LATINOAMERICA A partir de MAYO de 2013, el acceso a estadísticas e informes de importación y exportación será arancelado, existiendo varias alternativas de servicio de acuerdo al contenido solicitado.

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PERTH-BASED Indonesian businessman Iwan Gunawan told Fairfax Agricultural Media he’d been employed to identify potential opportunities to buy cattle stations in WA and the NT on behalf of an Indonesian principal.

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It was outcross sire Waukaru Patent 8161 they came to chase, with eight sons topping at $14,000, averaging an impressive $8875, while a black composite bull by Patent sold for $4500.

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IT WAS full steam ahead from go to whoa at last week’s Millah Murrah Angus stud cow sale at Bathurst, where discerning cattle breeders recognised the true value of females in the breeding equation.

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THE Bluechip Genetics sale at Zeerust on Thursday, ended with a top price of $72,000 on Thursday night.

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Total national cattle saleyard throughput during April increased 13% compared to March, with significant increases reported in Queensland and NSW.

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hat the Federal Government introduce a form of foreign aid to purchase 100,000 head of cattle from Northern Australia at a farm gate floor price of $1.50/kg to reduce the risk of the Northern Australia beef industry collapsing and restore the live export trade including lifting the 350kg limit.

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THE Roma store market is expected to come under further pressure this week with 8000 head booked for Tuesday’s store sale.

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LIVESTOCK producers currently confronting tough seasonal and stock market conditions are likely to benefit even more than normal by keeping tabs on ideas and decisions emerging from the new Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Challenge.

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TO assist red meat producers fulfil their food safety responsibilities, the Livestock Production Assurance (LPA) program has produced two new resources

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CATTLE queen Karen Kennedy takes the beef cattle crisis in outback Queensland personally.

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The reduction in market prices has reduced overall supply at physical markets covered by MLA’s NLRS by 25%. The Longreach and Blackall sales were cancelled due to the lack of support from cattle producers,

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Overall yarding figures at markets covered by MLA’s NLRS were lowered in response to the continuing cheaper prices paid by processors. The only centre to have an increase in numbers was Ballarat,

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The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee recently increased its estimate for 2012-13 shorn wool production to 350 million kg greasy, a 2.3% increase on 2011-12 production of 342 million kg.

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A SYNDICATE of leading White Suffolk breeders is adopting large-scale DNA testing to identify breeding animals carrying genes for tenderness and eating quality.

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THE federal government has been urged to buy 100,000 head of cattle, worth up to $50 million, as part of a United States-style aid-for-food plan to help local farmers.

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After a severe crisis, the swine and poultry industry is expected to resume growth this year. Expectation of specialists and producers will be one of the highlights of the industry's premier event, AveSui May 14-16 May, held in Florianópolis, Brazil.

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You can’t always judge a book by it’s cover. Or, in the case of the Pantanal wetlands region of South America, a pig by it’s invasive status.

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1Q13 Results, Release to the Market May 14th, 2013 (after the market closes)

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27% increase in Gross Profit and a 3.9 p.p. rise in the Margin

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Vigor Alimentos S.A. announces results for the 1st Quarter 2013

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McDonald's Corp. said on Thursday it is phasing out one-third pound Angus burgers from U.S. menus, an anticipated move that comes shortly after U.S. beef prices hit a 10-year high.

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A researcher with the Prairie Swine Centre is encouraging pork producers to focus on the advantages offered by group housing as they consider moving away the use of gestation stalls, writes Bruce Cochrane.

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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency this week suspended the license to produce poultry products for Quebec-based AKME Poultry, Butter & Eggs Distributors Inc. on food safety concerns, the agency said in a news release.

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Montreal-area poultry cutting and processing plant has temporarily lost its federal license pending "corrective actions" on its food safety regime.

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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency this week suspended the license to produce poultry products for Quebec-based AKME Poultry, Butter & Eggs Distributors Inc. on food safety concerns, the agency said in a news release.

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The Canadian Pork Council views the commitment made by the Retail Council of Canada (RCC) on sow housing as an opportunity for productive dialogue between farmers and retailers.

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A researcher with the Prairie Swine Centre is encouraging pork producers to focus on the advantages offered by group housing as they consider moving away the use of gestation stalls.

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The season's first official forecast of U.S. and world crop supply and demand prospects was released Friday morning by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Typically, there are no changes in sown acreage from USDA's March Prospective Plantings report -- and this year was no different. The real interest is in the harvested area and yield forecasts used.

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Bird flu, tainted pork and rat sold as mutton. It’s a wonder China’s 1.3 billion people don’t all go vegan.

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McDonald's Corp, the world's biggest restaurant chain, said on Tuesday that it will open at least 200 Mcafes this year in China.

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Chinese meat group Zhongpin cited "intense" competition in the country's pork sector after it posted falling first-quarter profits and muted sales growth.

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Earlier this week, reports out of China suggested that tainted meat was sold to Yum! Brands ( YUM) franchise Little Sheep. The company was steadfast in its denials, and today it was vindicated.

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In the first half of the 2012/13 financial year, the group generated revenue of DKK 28.5 billion, an increase of DKK 1 billion on the prior-year period.

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The European Commission has adopted a package of measures to strengthen the enforcement of health and safety standards for the whole agri-food chain. Food safety is essential to ensure consumers' confidence and sustainability of food production

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The additional costs of compliance with EU sow welfare rules is being blamed for short pig supplies and high prices in Spain, while the slump in US pig meat exports is attributed to the Russian ban on meat imports from animals given ractopamine. Under pressure from retailers,

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French pork producers have announced they will have a major protest next week Tuesday after having organised several smaller protests in the last couple of weeks.

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Another outbreak of H5N1 low-pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) has been reported in Lower Saxony.

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Animal Health Ireland (AHI) is to introduce a voluntary control programme for Johne's disease in Ireland this year.

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Two out of three ain't bad, according to Meatloaf's song. The Galway U21 footballers, with their second crown in the past three years, and beef finishers who see steer and bull prices edge up in the right direction will certainly agree.

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Finished animals, whether they are prime cattle or cull cows, continued to sell well at the marts over the past week. Cows were making as high as €2.30/kg. Quality fleshed continental steers and heifers were generally making from €2.20 to €2.60/kg. Plainer types made €1.85-2.10/kg.

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The seventh annual Burren Slow Food Festival takes place in Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare, this weekend (17-19 May).

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Sourcing cows or younger heifers from disease-free herds should be the number one priority for all new entrants to dairying or farmers intending to expand, Teagasc expert James O'Loughlin warned.

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The scarcity of quality feed has cost farmers €1.5m in cattle returns so far in 2013.

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The country’s biggest one-day rural show at Tullamore will have a new layout for its 2013 event at Butterfield Estate on Aug 11.

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The company now sees consolidated net sales down from a predicted ¥1,040 billion to ¥1,022.8 billion and operating income down to ¥28 billion from a forecast ¥30 billion.

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Korean weekly wholesale prices for imported beef this week were reportedly steady on last week, with the exception of US short rib prices which eased another 2% on last week at KRW12,800/kg. In contrast, Hanwoo carcase prices were up 3% on last week

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The Northern Ireland Assembly is to create a hardship fund for farmers who saw almost 28,500 farm animals die during recent cold weather.

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Northern Ireland's beef industry can profit hugely from the horsemeat scandal if purchasing focuses exclusively on UK-only beef cattle that are backed by full farm assurances, according to its retailers.

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(Oslo, 14.05.13) Gilde lanserer en ny langtidsmodnet skinke denne våren. Æra er en skinke som er laget etter inspirasjon fra den spanske Serranóskinken. Etter 14 måneders modning på Tynset er Æra på høyde med de aller beste Serranóskinkene fra Spania.

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Don McLeod has had an extensive career within the poultry industry, dedicating the majority of his working life to a handful of different companies over a 40 year period.

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Lamb is off the menu at McDonalds, much to the disappointment of sheep farmers now looking at other countries to pick up the lamb burger trade.

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A reform group determined to make the red meat industry profitable has lined up two further farmer gatherings in Gisborne and Te Kuiti, after farmers who are disheartened with low prices have flocked to meetings.

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The prolonged dry period and its effect on winter crops will be what farmers remember about this year and tell future generations, Southland Federated Farmers president Russell MacPherson says.

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Halal Research Council and KPK Agriculture University will work together for the development of Halal Industry. A Strategic Partnership agreement signing ceremony between Halal Research Council and KPK Agriculture University was held today at the office of Vice Chancellor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Agriculture University; in which the experts from food, nutrition, livestock and other Industries were participated.

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Easyfresh Poland (Sealogistics) lead the venture in coordination with local authorities and players Gdansk is a city with 1000 years history, once described as the Hanseatic granary of Europe Now Gdansk is a key port within the Baltic range and with a superb future.

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Scottish TV personality Carol Smillie has visited butchers and farmers in Perthshire and Fife this week as part of a programme of visits to meet people working at the heart of the Scottish red meat industry.

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FALLING prices due to a global increase in salmon supply hit sales and profits at Marine Harvest’s Scottish operations.

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Today (15 May 2013) twenty inspirational individuals and sports groups were awarded a coveted ‘Go for it Scotland!’ sports and healthy living bursary, by QMS and sportscotland.

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National team manager Gordon Strachan has shown his support for a nationwide programme that uses the power football to promote positive change in the lives of socially disadvantaged adults and young people across Scotland.

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The use of performance recorded tups plays a key role in improved returns according to the results of the second year of the Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) Scottish Sheep Strategy Better Breeding project.

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Rural insurer NFU Mutual estimates that there was an 170% increase in sheep rustling between 2010 and 2011, and incidences of the crime have continued to rise ever since. The total value of livestock stolen from across the UK in 2011 was estimated to be in excess of £6m, with 69,000 sheep stolen.

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One of the main obstacles for the development of new vaccines of greater efficacy against PRRSV is the limited understanding of the mechanisms involved in protection.

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The sale conducted by Kivells and Husseys is one of the largest in the UK for commercial early lambing ewes and it also combines pedigree rams and ewes.

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The British Sandwich Association has updated its logo around the Union Jack to identify it more closely with the British heritage of the sandwich.

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Farmers on the Sainsbury’s milk, beef and lamb scheme are being offered a cash-back incentive to use top-rated grass varieties that will improve their production efficiency.

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The Latest Business Monitor International (BMI) country report on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) paints a positive picture for future food consumption in the country - Australia’s largest red meat market in the Middle East in 2012.

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St. Joseph, Mo.-based pork processor Triumph Foods announced it recently began a $7.5 million expansion that will add about 105 employees to its workforce of 2,800.

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Whole Foods Market Inc (WFM)., the largest natural-goods grocer in the U.S., boosted its forecast for earnings this year after sales at established locations increased and second-quarter profit climbed 20 percent.

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The nation’s latest media darling is a 105-year-old Texan who credits her longevity to her life-long devotion to “hard work and bacon.”

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The nation's biggest banks are going on the offensive to fend off growing efforts in Washington to rein them in.

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R-CALF USA and 20 other livestock and consumer groups sent a joint letter to leaders of the agriculture committees in both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate urging the inclusion of a ban on packer ownership of livestock and other livestock and poultry reforms in the 2013 Farm Bill.

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Most of the discussion in the corn market has centered on U.S. planting progress, the likely magnitude of planted acreage, and the U.S. average yield potential. The pace of planting as revealed by the USDA’s weekly Crop Progress report

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During the Consumer Analyst Group of New York conference in Florida in February, Sean Connolly, chief executive officer of the Hillshire Brands Co., outlined Hillshire’s strategy for reinvigorating the company’s packaged lunchmeat business.

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A mass exodus of Christians is currently underway. Millions of Christians are being displaced from one end of the Islamic world to the other.

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THE world is tipped to produce record wheat and corn crops this year.

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The United Nations countered a rise in chatter over some setbacks to some wheat crops by lifting its forecast for the global harvest, and forecasting record output too of coarse grains too, despite a relatively downbeat forecast for US corn production.

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SEASONAL conditions and a big catalogue had an impact on averages at yesterday's Hereford National, but the top-price still equaled last year’s $30,000 high

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The significant increase in the number of cattle slaughtered so far in 2013 has been matched by a record volume of Australian beef shipments, with exports for the first four months of 2013 totalling 308,755 tonnes swt – up 10% on the previous year and 8,000 tonnes swt ahead of the previous January to April record, set back in 2007 (DAFF).

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Facilitated by the surge in cattle turnoff across large swathes of drought affected Queensland, last week’s indicative Queensland cattle slaughter jumped into uncharted territory, totalling 85,443 head. Collected by MLA’s National Livestock Reporting Service, the indicative throughput for last week exceeded the previous weekly record set just a few weeks earlier by over 2,500 head – clearly illustrating the recent surge in supplies.

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FINALLY the wool market showed some ticker and rebounded quite strongly this week. An overall rise of 26c was achieved with a similar rise in most categories and across all markets in Australia.

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THE public will have more of a chance to comment on the draft animal welfare standards and guidelines for sheep and cattle.

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Consignments at Dalby declined 20%, with the usual buyers present and operating across the majority of categories. Medium vealer steers to feed averaged 148¢, while the heifer portion to process sold 12¢ cheaper on 132¢/kg.

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Throughput at Toowoomba was steady on last week with the majority of cattle drawn from western regions. Heavy yearling steers to feed averaged 157¢, while medium weight heifers ranged from 123¢ to 137¢/kg. Medium weight grown steers to feed topped at 145¢ to average 141¢,

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Reproductive efficiency in Australian herds and flocks has been at a standstill for 20 years. But with the right management, there is plenty of scope to improve it.

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Cattle sales in central west Queensland have been cancelled this week due to a backlog of cattle booked into the meatworks and depressed prices.

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This week saw the Central Tablelands Livestock Exchange (CTLX) yard one of the largest prime cattle markets reported by MLA’s NLRS. Typically at this time of the year yarding’s do increase, as colder weather on the tablelands starts to impact feed.

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Recognising that pregnant sows are increasingly being managed in group housing systems, the CRC for High Integrity Australian Pork (Pork CRC) has driven the production of a manual, ‘Feeding Pregnant Sows in Group Housing Systems’.

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CHINA’S appetite for Australian beef and veal continues to grow, with total volumes exported to China during the first four months of 2013 of 40,278 tonnes swt already exceeding the 2012 total of 32,906 tonnes swt.

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RICHMOND Mayor John Wharton has led a chorus of primary producers calling for politicians to act immediately to solve the “unprecedented” crisis facing the Northern Australian beef industry at a special beef crisis summit in north west Queensland.

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LAST week saw another very ordinary performance by the wool market this week with the EMI falling from the opening lot on Wednesday and closing down 29c over the week with most of the fall once again occurring early in the week.

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WHILE prices on the Queensland cattle market continue to take a hammering, lotfeeders are feeling the pressure from an influx of northern cattle onto the market.

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Australia has released a video of goats being put into car boots and bags in Malaysia.

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HEREFORD bulls sold to $30,000 at the whiteface national show and sale at Wodonga.

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THEY say behind every good man is an even better woman and with autumn bull sales well underway, beef producers may do well to heed this old adage.

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QUEENSLAND Agriculture Minister John McVeigh has welcomed the Indonesian government's talk of a possible increase in the live cattle import quota.

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AS AGRICULTURE Minister Joe Ludwig outlined the federal government's plan for Australian agriculture to the Beef Crisis Summit in Richmond, Queensland, his message was met with scepticism.

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Several cold fronts crossed the Western Australian coast this week bringing solid rainfall to wide areas of the state. Rainfall levels were generally above average, but did taper out in eastern areas, however generally most regions had reasonable

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IT was a win-win situation at the Limousin National Show and Sale at Wodonga yesterday, with the same stud taking out junior and senior female, and a second stud winning junior and senior bull.

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SHEEP welfare guidelines currently being drafted have failed to include genetic selection as an alternative to mulesing and in turn, put at risk the opportunities available from emerging markets for the Merino sector.

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TO assist red meat producers fulfil their food safety responsibilities, the Livestock Production Assurance (LPA) program has produced two new resources

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MARANOA River grazier Don Noon is considering a raft of options including taking cattle on the road in a bid to keep his herd alive this winter.

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Group Arvi (Lithuania) has recently announced plans to create a production facility for turkey meat in the Lida district of Grodnenskay Oblast of Belarus by 2015.

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Brazil's Roberto Azevedo has won the race to become the next head of the World Trade Organization, the first candidate from Latinamerica and from the BRIC club of emerging economies to take the job.

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