Furloughs continue at Premium Protein (Lincoln Journal Star) Furloughs of production employees at Premium Protein Products, a meat company operating in Lincoln and Hastings, have been extended to July 15, according to a recorded message delivered Tuesday on the company’s Hastings telephone. [News Source]

Schieffer: Focus more on education (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal) Texas needs more work on public education and less focus on narrow party goals, a former U.S. ambassador for the Bush administration and democratic gubernatorial candidate said Wednesday. [News Source]

Planet Ark (Planet Ark) Risk Of Mad Cow Disease From Farmed Fish? NEW YORK - Three U.S. scientists are concern about the potential of people contracting Creutzfeldt Jakob disease -- the human form of "mad cow disease" -- from eating farmed fish who are fed byproducts rendered from cows. [News Source]

Elks Lodge raises over $2,000 and 13 units of blood for center (Gulf Breeze News) Several people rolled up their sleeves and many others emptied their wallets Saturday, June 20 at the Elks Lodge's Blood Drive held in coordination with the Northwest Florida Blood Center. [News Source]

Furloughs continue at Premium Protein (Lincoln Journal Star) Furloughs of production employees at Premium Protein Products, a meat company operating in Lincoln and Hastings, have been extended to July 15, according to a recorded message delivered Tuesday on the company’s Hastings telephone. [News Source]

Activists protest government plans for U.S. beef imports (Chinapost.com.tw) TAIPEI, Taiwan --Scores of activists rallied in front of the Department of Health Wednesday to show their opposition to an anticipated full opening of Taiwan's market to U.S. beef and urged the government to hold public hearings before making a decision on the issue. [News Source]

Don’t get clobbered by inflation (MSN Money) If prices begin to rise, inflation-protected investing strategies could help take the ache out of a bruised portfolio. [News Source]

Furloughs continue at Premium Protein (Lincoln Journal Star) Furloughs of production employees at Premium Protein Products, a meat company operating in Lincoln and Hastings, have been extended to July 15, according to a recorded message delivered Tuesday on the company’s Hastings telephone. [News Source]

Ranchers Have Beef With USDA Program To ID Cattle (Slashdot) Ponca City, We Love You writes "The NY Times reports that farmers and ranchers oppose a government program to identify livestock with microchip tags that would allow the computerized recording of livestock movements from birth to the slaughterhouse. Proponents of the USDA's National Animal Identification System say that computer records of cattle movements mean that when a cow is discovered with ... [News Source]

Debt-laden P.E.I. farmer’s cattle returned (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News) A farmer in P.E.I. who lost his cattle because of a mounting debt load got his animals back Tuesday. [News Source]