Agriculture

Canadian Mad Cow Scare Push U.S. Beef Wholesale Prices And Profits To Record Highs

Reuters | By MATTHEW LEWIS AND JERRY BIESZK June 2, 2003 Spurred by a scare over mad cow disease in Canada, demand for U.S. beef has soared and profits for U.S. beef packers stampeded to record levels, cattle and beef market analysts said May 30..

Brazil Says 450 Debt Slaves Freed During Farm Raids

Associated Press | June 1, 2003 SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Authorities raided two farms in Rondonia state and released 450 people working in debt slave conditions, the government news agency reported Sunday.

China, Brazil Ban Beef From Canada; Fears For US Cattle

just-food.com | May 29, 2003 The Chinese agriculture ministry today [Thursday] announced a ban on imports of live cattle and beef from Canada, in response to concern about BSE in Canadian cattle. It was the first case in North America in a decade, and only the second ever.

Canadian Farmers Face Dead Cattle Pile-Up

C B C . C A N e w s | May 29, 2003 WINNIPEG-- Canadian cattle farmers, coping with the impact of mad cow disease on their hurting industry, now face a new dilemma: how to get rid of stock that has died of natural causes. 70c5cb.jpg

Europe Is Making Progress On Reform of Farm Subsidies

Wall Street Journal | By SCOTT MILLER and MATTHEW NEWMAN | May 28, 2003 BRUSSELS -- In what could be the key to untangling global trade talks this year, European agriculture ministers meeting here said France has indicated privately it is willing to relax its opposition to separating European farm production from government subsidies.

WTO Rules That Canadian Logging Practices Are Not A Subsidy, Canada Says

The Associated Press | By MATTHEW DALY | May 27, 2003 The World Trade Organization has ruled that the United States erred in approving stiff tariffs on imports of Canadian softwood lumber used to build homes, Canada's trade minister said Tuesday.

Mad Cow Quarantine Expands

C B C . C A N e w s | May 24, 2003 OTTAWA-- Three more farms in Alberta were quarantined Saturday as investigators widened their search for the cause of one case of mad cow disease in the province. Sixteen farms are now under quarantine including 11 in Alberta, two in Saskatchewan and three in B.C.

Mad Cow Madness

THE FINAL WORD | By Alan Guebert | May 23, 2003 1.) Mad cow madness What many claimed could never happen in North America happened Tuesday when Canadian Agriculture Minister Lyle Vanclief confirmed mad cow disease had been discovered in an eight-year-old cow from a farm in northwestern Alberta.

EU Wants Exclusive Rights to Hundreds of Food Names

Associated Press | By Frederic J. Frommer | 23 May 2003 An eggplant Parmesan sandwich made from American ingredients would cease to be an eggplant Parmesan sandwich if the European Union gets its way.