Joe Schuele

US Supreme court overturns California meat safety law

The US Supreme Court Monday overturned a California law that set strict standards for slaughtering and selling the meat of sick and injured animals.
 

U.S. watching spread of dioxin feed in Europe

CHICAGO (Reuters) - It is too soon to judge if the dioxin-tainted feed found in Germany and shipped to Denmark and France will affect global pork trade, but the situation is being watched by the U.S. meat industry, sources said on Monday.
 

U.S. and China make progress on beef, software trade

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. and Chinese officials said on Wednesday they had made progress on beef, software and other bilateral trade irritants, reducing some friction ahead of a presidential summit next month.
 

Exports to China, Japan bolster US pork industry

Overseas exports bolster US pork industry, change ways that farmers breed, package hogs. Greg Kaffenbarger found himself increasingly and heavily dependent on sales to Japan, China and Mexico as he watched his annual herd of hogs grow to 6,500 over the years.