BLUETONGUE: Farmers Wanted for Bluetongue Study

FMD NEWS: UK: Call for Major FMD Shake-up
GLOBAL - Keep up-to-date with Foot-and-Mouth Disease outbreaks across the world.

Vicious Cycle of High Prices and Global Food Shortage
GLOBE - Soaring food prices could reverse the significant growth in agricultural production recorded by some of the poorest countries in Europe and Central Asia over the past 10 years, said FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf today at the opening of the...

BSE NEWS: Province Compensates for Mad Cow Crisis
BSE News Summary Page - Catch up on all the latest news on BSE from the US, Canada, Japan and across the globe. This page provides an overview and links to all the latest BSE news and information and the impact it is having on the global livestock business....

An Insatiable Global Hunger for Grain
GLOBAL - Wheat is by far the most traded grain as it is so adaptable to many uses, but production for the world market has so far been the privilege of a handful of countries.

Binders in Demand
WORLDWIDE - The rising cost of energy and raw materials is stimulating producers to consider different alternative ingredients for their animal feed formulations. The trend is also boosting interest in pellet binders, special bio-chemical ingredients...

Food for Thought: Does Meat Cause Hunger?
GLOBE - Not bio-fuel, but animals raised for meat are the main reason for the growing shortage of food in the world claims Pune Maharahtra. One-third of the annual global food production is used for feeding animals specially bred and fattened to be killed...

FTA: The Price of Sacrifice
SOUTH KOREA - The South Korean government's decision to import US beef is causing unrest on public health grounds. Soon cows that are less than 30 months old will be imported into the country from, what many believe to be, a risky US market.

African Farmers Missing Global 'Livestock Revolution'
AFRICA - African farmers are missing out on a global boom in demand for meat products because of out-of-date international regulations.

Meat Industry Responds to Cancer Claims
GLOBE - A report by the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) that suggests eating red meat can heighten the risk of cancer has been criticised by meat industry researchers.

WTO Wades into Hormone Treated Meat Dispute
GLOBE - Both the US and Canada have been condemned by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for imposing sanctions on European exports as a retaliatory act to previous EU restrictions on 'risky' hormone treated meat.

Campaign Launched Against Long Distance Animal Transport
GLOBAL - A global campaign backed by leading animal charities across the world has been launched, calling for an end to the long distance transport of live animals for slaughter.

Live Meat Cooking the World
GLOBE - A new report released by the environmentalist organisation, GreenPeace, outlines the potential harm that livestock production has on the environment.

JBS S.A. Takes a Bite Out of Cremonini
GLOBE - JBS S.A., the worlds largest beef producer, has reached an agreement with Cremonini S.p.A. whereby JBS S.A. will enter with a 50% stake in the share capital of Inalca S.p.A., one of the main European beef players.

Livestock Production Threatened by HIV/AIDS
GLOBE – Not only is AIDS taking a dramatic toll on human lives but livestock production, a main income earner for rural households, is also being threatened in the most affected countries, FAO warned today.

A Real Cash Flow: Why Food Production Is Big News
GLOBE - Monday found your Penny Sleuth attending a presentation by Carr’s Milling in the City. Around the table sat a collection of private client fund managers who were, of course draining their wine glasses at maximum speed in order to anaesthetize...

Bluetongue Confirms Animal Diseases On The Rise
GLOBE - Spread of bluetongue confirms animal diseases on the rise Viruses from tropical countries are moving to temperate zones

Scientists Map The Bovine Genome
GLOBE - Cattle are important agriculturally and relevant as a model organism. Previously described genetic and radiation hybrid (RH) maps of the bovine genome have been used to identify genomic regions and genes affecting specific traits.