CME Trading Floor Doesn’t Dream Of Electric Cattle (CattleNetwork.com) CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--Most Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures and options trades are made the old-fashioned way, by open outcry in the floor pits, and it appears as though that will be the preferred method for quite some time. [News Source]

Import of live breeding cattle to start. Turkey is to ease restrictions on imports of meat as well as live breeding cattle, said Agriculture and Rural Affairs Minister Mehdi Eker yesterday. [News Source]

S. Korea rejects US call for beef talks. South Korea has rejected a U.S. request to discuss American beef and poultry imports this week as part of broader free trade talks, calling the forum inappropriate. [News Source]

Farmers Say No to Animal Tags (BusinessWeek) In its Michigan test, the National Animal Identification System gets a rude reception from small farmers who say it invades their privacy [News Source]

Canada says mad cow likely ate contaminated feed (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Canada's most recent case of mad cow disease was most likely caused by contaminated feed, a senior expert at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency told Reuters on Tuesday. [News Source]

US Seeks Meeting With S. Korea On Beef Trade, Bone Pieces (CattleNetwork.com) WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The U.S. wants another meeting with its counterparts in Seoul to renegotiate South Korean restrictions on U.S. beef, but so far nothing has been scheduled, according to U.S. government officials. [News Source]

Japanese Restaurants Want More U.S. Beef (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Japanese restaurants are set to urge the government to ease restrictions on U.S. beef imports, saying the stringent rules are causing a serious supply crunch, officials said Tuesday. [News Source]

Premise registration continues on plan (Iowa Farmer) Editor’s note: On Nov.. 22, the Bush administration pledged not to make a planned National Animal Identification System mandatory. However, that has not derailed movement toward a voluntary tracking system. [News Source]

SKorea Rejects U.S. Call for Beef Talks (AP via Yahoo! Finance) South Korea has rejected a U.S. request to discuss American beef and poultry imports this week as part of broader free trade talks, calling the forum inappropriate. [News Source]

S.Korea Rejects U.S. Call for Beef Talks (AP via Yahoo! Finance) South Korea has rejected a U.S. request to discuss American beef and poultry imports this week as part of broader free trade talks, calling the forum inappropriate. [News Source]