U.S. senator seeks blanket BSE testing for exports to Japan (Japan Today) WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen Jim Bunning has sent a letter to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns urging him to allow beef producers to conduct blanket testing for mad cow disease for their exports to Japan and other countries, according to a copy of the letter made available Thursday. [News Source]

Ed is pumped up about ethanol. One of the contenders to become Alberta's Progressive Conservative leader is pushing for federal policy to require all gasoline sold in Canada to contain ethanol. [News Source]

Stalk-raving mad. U.S. biotech companies have found an unlikely ally in their battle to bring genetically modified crops to Europe -- French farmers. [News Source]

PlayStation’s serious side: Fighting disease (Financial Express) Kids aiming to persuade their parents to buy the PlayStation 3 have some new ammunition -- donating their PS3's down time to researchers could help cure Alzheimer's, Parkinson's or mad cow disease. [News Source]

US Senator Seeks OKing Blanket BSE Tests For Exports To Japan (CattleNetwork.com) WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., has sent a letter to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns urging him to allow beef producers to conduct blanket testing for mad-cow disease for their exports to Japan and other countries, according to a copy of the letter made available Thursday, Kyodo News reported. [News Source]

BSE likely came from feed (Iowa Farmer) OTTAWA (AP) -- An Alberta, Canada, dairy cow that was diagnosed last month with BSE (mad-cow disease) probably contracted the disease from contaminated feed, federal regulators said. [News Source]