Italian farmers pin beef hopes on Japanese cows
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COMAZZO, Italy (Reuters Life!) - A farm near Milan is raising Japanese Wagyu cows to woo meat-loving Italians with the world's most expensive Kobe steaks.
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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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Japan moved a step closer to partially lifting a ban on U.S. beef imports after a government panel on Tuesday accepted U.S. assurances that a specific grade of U.S. beef would be free of mad cow disease.
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Japanese and U.S. officials entered a second day of talks Friday aimed at lifting Japan's 10-month-old ban on American beef imports, focusing on how stringently producers should test their cattle for mad cow disease.
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TOKYO : Japan is set to propose the partial lifting of a ban on imports of American beef to United States authorities, a news report said.
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Japan and the United States agreed on  Saturday to resume imports of American beef from animals with  birth records up to 20 months, Japan's Foreign Ministry said in  a statement.
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Trade talks on lifting the Japanese ban on US beef ended in Tokyo Saturday with some progress and pledges to talk again. A source close to the talks said the two sides reached
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US beef exports valued at more than $1.7 billion last year will resume in a matter of weeks after Japan agreed to ease a 10-month ban on the meat prompted by a lone case of mad cow disease in Washington state.
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TOKYO - Japan could stop testing newborn and younger cows for mad cow disease without posing a risk to public health, a special panel decided Monday, in a ruling that could influence talks to lift Tokyo&#39;s ban on American beef imports.
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Japan banned US beef at the start of the year when mad cow disease was detected in America. The market is worth $1.8 billion to Australian cattle farmers - its most valuable.
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Japan and the United States narrowed their differences over testing standards for mad cow disease but couldn't reach a deal on reopening Japanese markets to U.S. beef after three days of arduous talks that ended Saturday.
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An advisory panel for the Japanese government&#39;s Food Safety Commission is preparing to recommend that Japan stop testing cattle less than 20 months old for mad cow disease.
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Like many farmers, Martin Busin works from dawn till nightfall, but he still needs the help of his cafe-au-lait cow, Miss, to bring in tourists to keep afloat his smallholding in Italy's mountainous Alto Adige region.
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Canada has positioned itself ahead of the United States to regain share in the lucrative Japanese beef market, thanks to strict new rules aimed at preventing mad cow disease, Agriculture Minister Andy Mitchell said on Wednesday.
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Japan reached a basic agreement with the United States to resume its imports of American beef, despite a mad cow disease scare, pending scientific studies to determine the age of cows.
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TOKYO  - Japanese and U.S. officials wrapped up three days of talks  Saturday to lift Tokyo's 10-month-old ban on imports of American beef, reportedly narrowing differences over testing standards for mad cow disease but failing to strike a deal.
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U.S. and Japanese negotiators struck a deal Saturday to allow limited imports of American beef into Japan for the first time since Tokyo closed its billion-dollar market last year over a mad cow disease scare.