The Prairie Star (Prairie Star) If you could save, say, $1,000 on the purchase of a new car or truck because it did not have a shatterproof windshield and side glass, would you cut the deal? [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]

3 W.Va. deer infected with fatal disease (Baltimore Sun) Animals found in county on Md. border; officials try to prevent spreading Three more deer in the West Virginia county that borders Maryland have tested positive for a fatal disease responsible for the deaths of thousands of deer and elk in the Midwest and Rocky Mountain states. [News Source]

Country-of-origin labeling won’t improve food safety. The Senate is considering a mandatory country-of-origin labeling law, which will add costs but won't increase safety. [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]

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]

S. Korea, US Agree to Negotiate Bone-in Beef Import Issue (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Asia News) SEOUL, May 14 Asia Pulse - South Korea and the United States agreed Friday to discuss bone-in beef and other import quarantine issues after a world animal health organization's general assembly slated for late May. [News Source]