PlayStation 3 to take on incurable diseases (AFP via Yahoo! News) Sony announced on Thursday that its PlayStation 3 video game consoles will be enhanced to join a supercomputing network researching causes of cancer, Alzheimer's and other incurable diseases. [News Source]

Agriculture At Risk? (Progressive Farmer) Experts explore strategies to protect the nation's food supply from terrorists. [News Source]

BSE Update: CFIA Launches Feed Ban Awareness Campaign (CattleNetwork.com) OTTAWA, March 15, 2007 - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has launched a communications campaign to raise awareness of new safeguards intended to accelerate the elimination of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, from Canadian cattle. [News Source]

Sony Announces Folding@Home for PS3 (DesignTechnica) Sony plans to introduce a Folding@Home client for its PlayStation 3, letting gamers put that powerful Cell processor to use researching protein folding for medical research. [News Source]

NMPF opposes opening Canadian border to breeding animals (AG Weekly) ARLINGTON, Va. - The National Milk Producers Federation, in comments submitted Friday (March 9) to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is opposing the resumption of cattle exports from Canada for breeding or herd replacement purposes. [News Source]

PlayStation 3 helps Alzheimer’s fight (San Francisco Chronicle) [News Source]

STANFORD / PlayStation 3 taking a role in Alzheimer’s fight (San Francisco Chronicle) Bruce Borden is debating whether to buy a Sony PlayStation 3 even though he has no interest in playing games. For him, it's about helping Stanford University conduct Alzheimer's research after his mother died of the disease. Already, he has five... [News Source]

Budget votes split along party lines (Great Falls Tribune) HELENA —Republicans again took a carving knife to the state budget Wednesday, shearing away about $19 million — including $10 million to fight wildfires and $3 million for a new building at Montana State University-Great Falls College of Technology — as they advanced three bills that are part of their own spending plan. [News Source]

For food industry, Japan takes the cake (AFP via Yahoo! News) With their refined taste, generous wallets and unbending loyalty, the Japanese are dream customers for any food company. But conquering such a demanding market can be a trying experience. [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]