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Beef herd growth starting slowly By: Jeff Caldwell 03/21/2012 @ 9:49am

There's been talk for months that tight beef supplies would turn around years of herd cuts and expansion would begin. Recent numbers show that's starting to ...

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USDA to speed up tracking of E. coli-tainted meat By: Dow Jones Newswires 05/02/2012 @ 4:35pm

The U.S. Department of Agriculture unveiled plans Wednesday to act quicker to prevent outbreaks of E. coli illness by ...

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BSE won't stop Japan's U.S. beef imports By: Dow Jones Newswires 04/25/2012 @ 9:59am

A new case of mad cow disease in the United States is unlikely to affect Japan's decision on whether to ease its ...

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Korean grocers suspend U.S. beef sales By: Dow Jones Newswires 04/25/2012 @ 9:23am

Two major South Korean retailers pulled American beef from their shelves Wednesday, reacting swiftly to reports of mad-cow disease and hoping to avoid customer protests.Korea's government said it will ...

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Live cattle close limit-down after BSE find By: Jeff Caldwell 04/24/2012 @ 3:42pm

A dairy cow has tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, on a farm in California, federal officials announced Tuesday. And, it had the live cattle market locked ...

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Grain prices slow hog herd growth By: Jeff Caldwell 04/10/2012 @ 2:00pm

The continued decline in South American soybean crop output expectations, like the one released Tuesday, have implications for more than just the grain markets. Though it's been poised at the brink of an ...

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Texas drought losses topped $7 billion in 2011 By: Dow Jones Newswires 03/22/2012 @ 9:29am

The state of Texas's agriculture industries lost $7.62 billion in 2011 due to the worst drought on record in that region, according to estimates from economists at Texas A&M University's Agrilife ...

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Drought moves more cattle to feedlots By: Dow Jones Newswires 03/22/2012 @ 9:28am

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is expected to report a year-over-year rise in the number of cattle sent to U.S. feedlots in February compared with a year ago as the lingering drought in the Southern plains ...

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