Two powerful US senators pressed Japan Tuesday to lift what they called "scientifically unfounded" restrictions on US beef exports and to end preferential treatment for Japan Post over private competitors. "We look forward to improved economic relations between the United States and ...
A US senator told Japan's ambassador to the United States on Friday that Tokyo's restrictions on US beef exports are "blatantly unfair" and should be lifted immediately. Republican Senator Mike Johanns met with Japanese Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki at the diplomat's request and ...
<div id="subtitle">Governor’s push to get a tax break he didn’t deserve further shows how out of touch he is</div><div><p> Gov. Jim Gibbons and his wife, Dawn, bought 40 acres in Elko County last year for $575,000 with plans to eventually build a ...
<div id="subtitle">Severe drought, high feed prices force California cattle ranchers to downsize their herds</div><div><p>California's worst drought in decades is forcing the state's cattle ranchers to downsize their herds because two years of poor rainfall have ravaged millions of acres of rangeland used ...
<div id="subtitle">Environmentalists want wildlife killing agency abolished; livestock industry says it's needed</div><div><p>Conservationists argue in a new report that U.S. taxpayers should stop subsidizing a $100 million program that kills more than 1 million wild animals annually, a program ranchers and farmers have ...
<div id="subtitle">Nebraska program seeks to put youngsters on the range and reverse trend of fewer cows</div><div><p>To pay the bills, Richard Cool drives 45 miles down a lonely highway from the family ranch to a small-town auto parts factory where he works the ...
<div><p>INTRODUCTION</p><p>Temperament in domestic livestock is associated with a fear response to human-animal interactions. Humananimal interactions in cattle production commonly occur through handling coupled with various management practices. Cattle with wilder temperaments exhibit lower weight gain (Burrow, 1997; Voisinet et al., 1997b) , ...
<div><p>INTRODUCTION</p><p>The globalization of agriculture has expanded market opportunities for North American livestock producers. With the globalization of agriculture, the risk of animal disease outbreaks has heightened through the increased volume of animal transactions occurring in North America. The 1997 outbreak of classical ...
<div id="subtitle">A look at the major beef industry players as regulators seek to block merger</div><div><p>Regulators filed a lawsuit Monday to block the nation's third-largest beef packer, Brazilian-based JBS S.A., from buying the fourth-largest, National Beef Packing Co. Here's a look at the ...
<div id="subtitle">Regulators seek to block JBS, National Beef merger, saying it would lead to high prices</div><div><p>Regulators filed a lawsuit Monday to block the world's largest beef packer from buying the nation's fourth-largest beef processor, saying such a deal could push up costs ...
