Raymond J. Learsy: Taking a Page From John D. Rockefeller- Foreclosing America’s Energy Security (Agenda Part VIII) (HuffingtonPost) Our energy neck is in a tightening noose. Between 75 percent and 90 percent of the world's oil and gas reserves are held by national oil companies that are partially or fully controlled by their governments. As such, the distribution and marketing of oil has become so highly politicized as to cripple the power of market forces to assure access and security of supply. What must we do to ... [News Source]

Meat Processor Considering a Buyout (New York Times) Meat Processor Considering a Buyout. [News Source]

S. Korean Quarantine Service To Check USFK Meat Products (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) South Korea has secured the right to conduct quarantine inspections on meat imported for U.S. military personnel stationed in the country, the government said Tuesday. [News Source]

S. KOREAN QUARANTINE SERVICE TO CHECK USFK MEAT PRODUCTS (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance) Defence South Korea has secured the right to conduct quarantine inspections on meat imported for U.S. military personnel stationed in the country, the government said Tuesday. [News Source]

Koreans pay highest beef, pork prices (JoongAng Daily) Next time you¡¯re having beef steak or pork chops for dinner, think of these figures. [News Source]

How Iraq and climate change threw the right into disarray (Financial Times) Ronald Reagan is dead and Margaret Thatcher is in her dotage. The ideological world that those two leaders created is now slipping away with them. From 1979 to 2004, the right won the battle of ideas in the western world. [News Source]

Identifying Variation In The U.S. Bovine Prion Gene (CattleNetwork.com) Do genes affect bovine spongiform encephalopathy—also known as BSE, or “mad cow“ disease? Are some cattle more susceptible than others? [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]