http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk This is the RSS syndication feed for MeatTradeNewsDaily.co.uk. Beef cattle isn’t the first thing to come to mind when one mentions a farmer from Colombia, but Ricardo Gaitan McAllister made the trip to the NSW Beef Spectacular and Trade Expo at Dubbo last week to search for new beef genetics. He and his wife, Andrea, live in Colombia’s capital, Bogota, and operate the company Sabana Azul, which translates to Blue Savannah, and includes two farms. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/190310/colombia___beef_genetics_from_australia_.aspx farmonline.com.au Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT The impact of Venezuela's trade embargo against Colombia is increasingly evident in Colombia's eastern border cities, according to comments by several regional chambers of commerce http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/050310/colombia___impact_of_trade_ban_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT hirteen cotton-clad bee aficionados, ages 22 to 63, piled into Jacqueline Freeman’s little country kitchen. Freeman hoisted a yellow jar of butter-thick honey and explained, sadly, how things are done at big bee farms http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/280110/colombia___commercial_bee_farming_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT The Galeras volcano in southern Colombia erupted on Saturday, shooting rock and ash http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/060110/colombia___farmers_evacuated_after_volcano_erupts.aspx buenosairesherald Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT The Colombian government has announced it is building a new military base on its border with Venezuela and has activated six new airborne battalions http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/271209/colombia___us_and_cia_could_be_making_a_grave_mistake_beating_the_drums_of_war.aspx MercoPress.com Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT The third anniversary of the signing of the U.S.-Colombia free trade pact came and went this month with the Obama administration still negotiating the fine print, Congress showing little interest and business groups frustrated by the lack of action on trade deals. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/301109/colombia___us_trade_deal_stuck_in_the_mud.aspx MercoPress.com Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Canada can boost its grain and meat trade to Colombia if it ratifies its free-trade deal with Bogota before the United States, a government legislator said on Friday. Both the Canadian and American governments have signed free-trade deals with Colombia, but concerns about http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/101109/colombia___fta_with_canada.aspx cbc.com Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) applauds the Government of Canada’s announcement that Colombia will restore full access for Canadian beef from cattle of all ages. This announcement builds on Colombia’s decision, in May 2009, to partially re-open its border to Canadian http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/211009/colombia___market_open_for_canadian_cow_beef.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Sofía Margarita Vergara born July 10, 1972 (age 35) in Barranquilla, Atlantico, Colombia is a Colombian model and actress. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/181009/colombia___the_farmers_daughter.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT The Colombian Agricultural Institute officially registered the first Veterinary Medical Laboratory for diagnosis of diseases in animalsThis confirmed that the laboratory tests and diagnostic results that were obtained by the laboratory meet with the requirements of the institute http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/151009/colombia___research_into_animal_disease.aspx MercoPress.com Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health recently organised the Second International Congress of Bovine Reproduction in Bogotá, Colombia. The event was held http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/141009/colombia___animal_health_conference.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT - A series of campaign rounds for Colombia's Free Trade Agreement with the European Union that began in February are due to culminate next month. This will then enable the agreement to be signed in March 2010 and the Agreement will take effect the following year. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/131009/colombia___european_union_fta_agreement.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Colombia announced Sept. 16 it will allow importing Canadian beef from animals of all ages, which makes it the first market in South America to reopen to Canadian beef since 2003. Stockwell Day, Canada’s Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, welcomed the news. "Our government has raised the beef importation issue repeatedly with Colombia," Minister Day said. "(This) announcement demonstrates http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/180909/colombia___doors_open_foir_canadian_beef_.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT Chipotle Mexican Grill Restaurant Opens In Columbia Edens & Avant, a US-based retail real estate company, has announced opening of Chipotle http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/020909/colombia___mexican_restaurant_chain_expands_operation.aspx koreatimes.co.kr Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT Colombian President Álvaro Uribe has the H1N1 virus, according to official sources. While in Medellín, the Presidency's Information and Press Secretary of Colombia, César Mauricio Velásquez, read an official release that said that Uribe has the virus, while National Health http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/310809/colombia___president_diagnosed_with_swine_flu.aspx MercoPress.com Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT "Cucuta is dead," says Fernando, a Colombian textile trader who is planning to return to his home city of Medellin because work on the border with Venezuela has dried up. "We bring in fabrics and jeans from Medellin to sell here and we've always done well out of it. But not any more. I'm taking my family back home http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/270809/colombia___dispute_with_venezuela_costing_farmers_money.aspx MercoPress.com Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT The veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) to the World Organisation for http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/180809/colombia___foot_and_mouth_disease.aspx MercoPress.com Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT Colombia completes military deal with US and invites Brazil to join Colombia would like to increase its military ties with Brazil and other South American countries, President Alvaro Uribe said on Friday after the Foreign Affairs ministry announced it had completed talks with Washington on allowing US troops to use seven Colombian military http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/160809/colombia___invitation_to_brazil.aspx MercoPress.com Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT Unasur divided on Colombia/US troops issue; next summit in Argentina Leaders from the Union of South American Nations, Unasur meeting in a regional summit in Ecuador expressed fresh concerns over Colombian http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/140809/colombia___concern_over_us_bases.aspx MercoPress.com Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT The growth in beef production is expected to slow in the coming years, while poultry meat output is predicted to continue growth. BMI's Colombia http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/130809/colombia___beef_production.aspx MercoPress.com Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT The veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). The Colombian http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/070809/colombia___foot_and_mouth_disease.aspx buenosairesherald Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT imposed punitive tariffs on Colombian goods July 11, citing the need to protect the country's industry from the competition of a weaker currency in the northern http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/180709/colombia___trade_tariffs.aspx MercoPress.com Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT The Colombian government plans to sue Ecuador in the Andean Community of Nations and the World Trade Organization if its neighbor don't lift safeguards imposed on products imported from Colombia, Trade Minister Luis Guillermo Plata said Tuesday. The Ecuadorian government http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/170709/colombia___trade_war_with_equador.aspx MercoPress.com Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT Colombia is to double its ethanol outputby the end of the year, Agriculture Minister Andres Fernandez Acosta said during a visit to London this week. The country, that http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/010709/new_zealand___ethanol_production.aspx newsroom - meattradenewsdaily.co.uk Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT The Organization of American States Secretary General said the Colombian internal conflict should move towards a negotiated political solution, and offered to contribute to the peace efforts. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/040709/colombia___peace_could_be_on_the_carda_with_new_regime_in_washington.aspx . Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Colombia is to double its ethanol outputby the end of the year, Agriculture Minister Andres Fernandez Acosta said during a visit to London this week. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/030609/colombia___ethanol_production.aspx . Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Canada welcomed news that Colombia will open their borders to Canadian beef - theborder closed due to BSE in 2003. The agreement re-opens the market for a wide http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/270509/colombia___doors_open_for_tade_with_canada.aspx . Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT .U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns says trade problems are piling up for President Barack Obama, including an unapproved trade agreement that would eliminate tariffs on 80 percent of U.S. exports to Colombia. http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/150509/colmbia___free_trade_agreement_with_united_states.aspx . Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT