Meatpacker has a beef with USDA. Creekstone Farms of Kansas is suing the USDA for the right to voluntarily test all of its beef for mad cow disease. [News Source]

Ky. farm sues over mad cow tests. Creekstone Farms Premium Beef, which raises its cattle in Campbellsburg, Ky., sued yesterday over the federal government's refusal to allow it to test for mad cow disease in every animal it slaughters. [News Source]

Chicken litter draws a crowd. North Carolina electric plant could use chicken waste as a fuel. [News Source]