Back to grass roots. How much do you know about where your beef comes from? Paul Slayton, executive director of PA Beef Council, said he sees a slight shift in the market from consumers buying traditional beef products to more niche products, especially since cases of mad cow disease arose in 2003. [News Source]

Region’s sole lab that tests for mad cow will shut soon. The only mad cow testing laboratory in the Northwest will close Thursday, just over three years after a Yakima Valley dairy cow tested positive for the chronic brain-wasting disease. [News Source]

Region’s sole lab that tests for mad cow will shut soon (The Oregonian) PULLMAN, Wash. -- The only mad cow testing laboratory in the Northwest will close Thursday, just over three years after a Yakima Valley dairy cow tested positive for the chronic brain-wasting disease. [News Source]

9th case of mad cow disease confirmed in Canada (AG Weekly) OTTAWA (AP) — The United States said Thursday it would dispatch a specialist to help investigate Canada’s latest case of mad cow, but that Washington did not expect the new finding to hurt trade between the two countries. [News Source]