date:Apr 26, 2012
xico had no plans to change their import policies for U.S. beef. Still, two major South Korean retailers pulled American beef from their shelves Wednesday because of the mad-cow case, the first appearance of the brain-wasting illness in the U.S. since 2006.
Cattle for April delivery were recently up 1 cent, or 0.9%, to nearly $1.18 a pound in trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. June cattle futures were up 0.87 cent, or 0.8%, to $1.1245.
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