beef tongue arrived in a meat shipment from Cargill, Japanese officials weren't too tongue-tied to complain. beef seems to be making inroads into the lucrative market, the Japanese have tended to find a reason to restrict imports. In 2003, it was the discovery of a single case of mad-cow disease in the state of Washington. A spokesman for the Minnetonka-based agribusiness company conceded the error and promised changes. meat producers and Japanese buyers. Please increase the credibility of...

But such assurances have done little to allay Japanese fears about mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, a degenerative nerve disease in cattle. The ban was eased in December 2005, but tightened again the following month after prohibited spinal bones were found in a veal shipment - an error by U. beef at a time when most major retailers in Japan are still worried about possible health hazards. beef is also being served in a popular beef bowl dish at fast-food chain...

beef and beef variety meat exports to the Middle East through November 2006 were more than double the year end totals of 2003, for both volume and value. In Illinois, our share, 50 cents of each dollar, is used to increase consumer awareness, and to work with retailers to make beef easy to find in the store, and easy to prepare at home. This fee applies to cows, calves, bulls and fat cattle, no matter if they were sold through a sale barn or by private treaty. Check-off dollars are also...

Hawaii is consuming more local beef, but overall cattle marketings are down due to falling exports, the U. Hawaii cattle marketings are at 2,300 head a month, down 32 percent from year-before levels, based on figures from February released Friday. The National Agricultural Statistics Service Hawaii Field Office also reported Friday that Hawaii commercial pork production, both for February and for the first two months of 2007 put together, is running 8 percent lower than year-before levels,...

As third-generation farmers, the family runs Brangus cattle on its 240 acres south of town. The American National CattleWomens Associations primary mission is educating consumers and legislators on the nutritional benefits of beef and the importance of the cattle industry to the nations economy, said Jackie Buehner, press secretary for the national group, which is based in Centennial, Colo. The American National CattleWomens Associations primary mission is educating consumers and...

Feeder cattle prices rallied 3.7 percent over the same two-day period as lower feed costs were expected to entice farmers and ranchers to purchase more cattle for the year. Many of these additional corn acres came at the expense of soybeans and cotton, which were shown to have 11 percent and 20 percent fewer acres from a year ago, respectively. The higher-than-expected acreage for corn proved bearish for prices, as corn futures opened the trading day Friday at the exchange-imposed maximum...