Korea takes steps for US beef imports. Four teams from the South Korean Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry will visit the United States next week to inspect 36 meat processing facilities that want to ship beef to South Korea. [News Source]

Some ranchers shy on first day since mad cow announcement (AG Weekly) TULIA, Texas -- West Texas rancher Kevin Crooks lost about $1 million in the year following the country's first case of mad cow 18 months ago. If he'd had cattle big enough to sell at the Tulia Livestock Auction on Monday, he wouldn't have brought a one. [News Source]

Inspection of U.S. beef imports begins. Korea's agricultural officials have resumed inspection procedures following confirmation that a cow infected with mad cow disease in Alabama was born before feed restrictions were imposed. [News Source]

Genome research may bring better food to dinner table. Bar-coded livestock would enable producers to better track their herds and more quickly trace the source of outbreaks like mad cow disease. [News Source]