Sony, Stanford Univ. Join Hands on Disease Research Using PS3 (RedNova) Silicon Valley, March 15 (Jiji Press)--Sony Corp. [News Source]

Sonnenberg, Brophy at odds over cattle feed bill (Journal-Advocate) DENVER — District 1 Sen. Greg Brophy, R-Wray, is fuming over a bill that the Colorado Department of Agriculture says is needed to ensure livestock feeders aren’t using banned products that could lead to an outbreak of mad cow disease. [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]

News: PlayStation3 Lends a Hand to Medical Science (Scientific American) The newest release for the PlayStation3 (PS3) will not give you a sore thumb, but it may help researchers come up with drugs for Alzheimer's. [News Source]

2 in 3 restaurants willing to serve American beef. Two out of three domestic restaurants are willing to serve U.S. beef for Korean customers, a lobby group for American beef exporters said on Friday. [News Source]

Agriculture minister expresses opposition to U.S. bone-in beef imports. In talks with a farmers' group in Changnyeong, South Gyeongsang Province, Park Hong-soo said beef must not be sacrificed for the sake of a possible free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States. [News Source]

2007 Ag Day Essay Contest Winners (High Plains Journal) The Agriculture Council of America (ACA) called upon 7th to 12th grade students to submit an original essay of 450 words on the importance of U.S. agriculture. This year's theme was "American Agriculture in 2025." [News Source]

In-Depth: Sony, Stanford Experts Talk PS3 Folding@home (Gamasutra) Sony has just revealed roll-out details for its Folding@home PS3 service, and Gamasutra attended a Stanford University event revealing the distributed disease-solving PS3 'screensaver', talking to scientists and Sony managers behind the service. Sony will be rolling out the new 'screensaver' next Friday for all PlayStation 3 users with its 1.6 firmware update, but this screensaver does more ... [News Source]

Stanford Disease Research Effort Calls On PS3 Users (InternetNews.com) Distributed computing makes the PS3's Cell processor a valuable commodity. [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]