Ranchers, beef industry celebrate long-awaited US border re ...
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EDMONTON (CP) - Cattle ranchers and beef industry officials were throwing cowboy hats in the air Wednesday after the United States announced sweeping plans for opening the border to nearly all Canadian exports of beef and live cattle in March.
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An effort to reopen the U.S. border  to some Canadian live cattle and to expand beef trade with  Canada appeared to move forward on Wednesday as the Bush  administration's budget office said it completed its review of  the trade initiative.
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US beef exports to Japan are to resume soon under an agreement reached yesterday to ease a 10-month ban on the meat prompted by a case of mad cow disease in Washington state.
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Scores of volunteers gathered at a remote ranch Saturday to help a civilian border-patrol group start building a short security fence in hopes of reducing illegal immigration from Mexico.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C.  - The United States will end its  mad cow-inspired ban on Canadian cattle on March 7 despite  rising criticism from farm groups, Agriculture Secretary Ann  Veneman said on Sunday, adding that Japan and South Korea  should open their doors to U.S. beef.
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Two U.S. consumer groups on Monday  urged the United States to delay reopening its border to young  Canadian cattle due to concerns that Canada may find more cases  of mad cow disease.
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WASHINGTON (CP) - Nineteen months after closing the border to Canadian cattle due to fears about the spread of mad cow disease, the United States announced Wednesday it plans to resume trade in March.
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The USDA did not disclose details regarding the animal, but said it did not enter the food chain. The agency does not expect the finding to affect negotiations with Japan, which recently indicated it might soon open its borders to US beef.
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New Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns began his tenure Monday by pledging to get American beef exports moving again to Japan, a lucrative market that has been closed to U.S. producers since the discovery of mad cow disease in this country in December 2003.
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WASHINGTON For the first time in more than 19 months, you&#39;ll soon be able to get a Canadian burger in the US. The Agriculture Department says it&#39;ll allow limited imports of Canadian cattle beginning March seventh.
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Longtime Gonzales County rancher Jim Selman, who raises calves in the biggest cattle county in the nation&#39;s biggest cattle state, sees 2004 as a year to remember.
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WASHINGTON - The US Department of Agriculture on Wednesday said it will formally publish on Jan. 4 a regulation that would allow Canada to resume imports of young live cattle to the United States, as well as expanded types of beef.
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Japan and the United States agreed yesterday to resume imports of some American beef, halted since December after a case of mad cow disease
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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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By Mike Peters, Greeley Tribune, Colo.  Jun. 14--A semi-trailer loaded with cattle rolled on its side near Gill Tuesday night, and farmers and ranchers in the area rushed to help.   The truck rolled on its side shortly after 9:30 p.m.
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President Bush makes a statement from his Crawford, Texas ranch, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004. President George W. Bush said Wednesday the United States, India, Australia and Japan have formed an international
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President Bush got a tour of border patrol efforts in his home state &#151; a "look-see," as he called it &#151; before settling down on his ranch Thursday for a 10-day summer vacation.