BSE

U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, of Wyoming, introduced legislation to stop the Biden Administration from lifting a ban on imports of sheep and goat products until accurate studies show the possibility of contamination or transmission of diseases have been completely eliminated.

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is calling on Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack to immediately halt U.S. beef imports from Brazil.  The announcement comes as Brazil recently reported another atypical case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy to the World Animal Organization for Animal Health.  That rep...

Canada recently reported a case of atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy in an eight-year-old beef cow on a farm in Alberta. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency notified the World Organization for Animal Health of the case. Canada said the detection and reporting of an atypical BSE case will not affect the OIE negligible risk status of Canada, and market access for Canadian animals and beef

Both U.S. beef and pork exports are on a record pace through September, according to the U.S. Meat Export Federation. Beef exports posted one of the best months on record in September, at 123,600 metric tons, up 20% from a year ago and the fourth largest volume of the post-BSE era ...

U.S. beef exports set another value record in July. Data recently released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation shows export value climbed 45% year-over-year to just over $939 million, while volume was the third largest of the post-BSE era at 122,743 metric tons, up 14% year-over-year ...

A Reuters report says the Mad Cow Disease outbreak in the 1990's will likely keep the European Union from easing its strict rules on food safety. That caution will likely continue even though President Trump is threatening to slap tariffs on car imports from the EU if the countries don’t start importing more U.S. fa...

On Friday, the U.S. Meat Export Federation selected a new chairman, Cevin Jones, a cattle feeder from Eden, ID, located 16 miles east of Twin Falls.  Jones said well before his involvement in USMEF, he saw the value in the organization for cattle producers.  He...

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue said the United States and Japan have agreed on new terms and conditions that eliminate Japan’s longstanding cattle age restriction on U.S. beef exports.  The new terms take effect immediately, allowing American products from all cattle, regardless of age, to enter Japan.  Erin Bor...

The current growth of Canada’s cow herd, relative to the US cow inventory, is a study in contrasts.  Over the past decade, Canadian cow inventory has seen no real growth, while the U.S. cow herd has been going through an aggressive growth phase, adding three million cows last year alone.  The reas...

In late August, a cow in Florida tested positive for the atypical form of BSE, which is the less concerning form of the disease.  Jerome Rosa with the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association said they were prepared for an onslaught of questions from member and the consuming public about the BSE case but that never came to fruition.  Rosa cre...