State Considers total Ban on Cow Slaughter
INDIA - The State government proposes to impose a total ban on cow slaughter in the State and will be redrafting the Karnataka Prevention of Cow Slaughter and Cattle Preservation Act -1964 to effectively implement its provisions.

RSPCA Speaks Out Against Live Export Trade
AUSTRALIA - The Live Export Shipboard Performance Report revealed that more than 36,000 sheep, cattle and goats died while being transported overseas for slaughter in 2008.

Brucellosis Strikes Cattle in Fiji
FIJI - Fiji's Department of Primary Industries has put an important cattle breeding program on hold following a resurgence of the bacterial disease brucellosis.

Vietnamese Beef Markets Open to Foreign Exports
VIET NAM - The domestic market will be opened up next year to receive beef imports from the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand under bilateral and regional agreements, a senior official said Wednesday.

CBEF Targets Mexican Hotel and Restaurant Trade
MEXICO - For the second year in a row, the Canada Beef Export Federation (CBEF) had a highly visible presence at ExpoHotel Cancun, Mexico.

Cattle Congress in Calgary
CANADA - The seventh International Livestock Congress(ILC), which takes place in Calgary on 10, aims to equip producers, processors, exporters and the public sector with the strategic insight and tools required for managing and succeeding in the complex...

NFUS Wary of Creation of Independent Defra Body
UK - NFU Scotland, in its response to a Defra consultation on the creation of an Independent Body for Animal Health in England, has urged policymakers to take the impact on Scottish livestock farmers into consideration.

Weekly Australian Cattle Summary
AUSTRALIA - This report is a collection of weekly cattle price summaries from each Australian state by the Meat & Livestock Australia.

LMC Report: Average NI Cattle Prices Lag Behind GB
UK - This week’s bulletin looks at the regional variation in prices throughout the UK for carcases trimmed to the UK Dressing Specification.

Weekly US Cattle Outlook: Feeder Cattle Futures Move Higher
US - Weekly Cattle Outlook, 2nd July 2009 - Weekly review of the US cattle industry, written by Glenn Grimes and Ron Plain.

Ag Guide Open for Comment
US - The draft Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Teaching and Research (Ag Guide) is available for comment.

Ireland Achieve Brucellosis Free Status
IRELAND - The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Brendan Smith TD, today confirmed that the EU Commission has approved Ireland's application for official brucellosis free status.

Small US Slaughterhouses Continue to Decline
US - A new report issued today by Food & Water Watch examines how the slow demise of local small slaughter and processing operations in the United States is preventing farmers and ranchers from fully satisfying rising consumer demand for meat from sustainably...

EBLEX Hosts Beef and Lamb Exporters
UK - More than 45 beef and lamb processors and industry representatives were given an insight into the latest export opportunities for beef and lamb at an EBLEX exporter conference last week.

New Osteopetrosis Test for Pfizer Animal Genetics
MICHIGAN, US - Pfizer Animal Genetics is now offering a diagnostic test for the genetic defect Osteopetrosis (OS).

EAC Secretariat and ILRI Unite Over Livestock
TANZANIA - The East African Community Secretariat and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), an international research institute with its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya have signed and exchanged a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...

In The Cattle Markets
US - A weekly newsletter jointly produced by Kansas State University, University of Nebraska and Utah State University

Cattle Feeding Research Facility Opens Near Bushland
US - A combination of academic, industry and legislative efforts have created a premier research cattle feeding facility at the Texas AgriLife Research and U.S. Department of Agriculture complex near Bushland.

CME: USDA Acreage Report Contained Surprises
US - According to CME's Daily Livestock Report for 30 June 2009, the latest USDA Acreage report contained a few surprises but good news for livestock and poultry farmers.

FSA Backtrack on Meat Hygiene Charges
SCOTLAND, UK - The Food Standards Agency has announced that that a proposed four per cent increase in meat hygiene charges in abattoirs will not go ahead this autumn.