Canada Sees US Beef Market Opening Soon
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US feedlots and packers could import Canadian cattle within months now that new US rules aimed at guarding against mad cow disease are up for approval, Canadian Agriculture Minister Andy Mitchell said on Saturday.
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South Korea will resume imports of U.S.   beef to what once had been the third-largest overseas market   for the American product, the agriculture ministry official   said in a statement on Friday.
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Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns  told a U.S. cattle industry group on Friday that he had  "concerns" about the government's plan to open the border on  March 7 to imports of beef from Canadian animals over 30 months  of age.
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Expressing confidence in the safety of Canadian beef, the Bush administration said Thursday it would stand by its decision to renew Canadian cattle imports beginning in March despite a possible new case of mad cow disease.
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South Korea will resume imports of U.S.  beef to what once had been the third-largest overseas market  for the American product, the agriculture ministry official  said in a statement on Friday.
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Canada on Thursday said it had found a suspected new case of mad cow disease, although the United States said it would not change plans to resume limited Canadian cattle imports after a devastating 20-month ban.
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Japan is expected to approve a partial resumption of imports of U.S. beef this week, a news report said Saturday.
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Expressing confidence in the safety of Canadian beef, the Bush administration said Thursday it would stand by its decision to renew Canadian beef imports beginning in March despite a possible new case of mad cow disease.
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The federal Agriculture Department said today its new policy will take effect March 7th. It will allow the imports of cattle younger than 30 months, and certain other animals and products from Canada.
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US President George W. Bush said he told his budget office to ``expedite&#39;&#39; action on a proposal to allow cattle imports from Canada ``as soon as possible.
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The U.S. cattle industry anxiously  awaited federal test results, expected as early as Monday, that  will determine if the United States has a second case of the  deadly mad cow disease, industry officials said.
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The Agriculture Department will not allow meat from older cattle when it expands U.S. imports of Canadian beef on March 7, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said Wednesday.
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If tests next week prove that the United States has its second case of mad cow disease, cattle industry sources are hoping the animal is an old dairy cow from Canada.
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Agriculture Secretary nominee Mike Johanns will draw sharp questions from Midwestern lawmakers about the U.S. decision to reopen its borders to Canadian beef despite a second case of mad cow disease in Alberta.
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(CP) - President George W. Bush offered Saturday to throw his administration's full weight behind reopening the border to Canadian beef within several months.
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Japanese trade negotiators agreed yesterday to reopen their markets to US beef, 10 months after discovery of a single case of mad-cow disease in Washington state prompted Japan to ban American imports.
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Japan's lucrative market for U.S. beef, ruptured by mad cow disease worries, is likely to remain closed for the rest of this year, U.S. meat industry officials said on Thursday.