US sees steps ahead for greater Asian beef trade (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News) WASHINGTON, July 31 - U.S. beef interests hope steps in coming months will put them closer to expanded trade with lucrative Asian markets worth at least another $1 billion in trade, industry sources said on Tuesday. [News Source]

US sees steps ahead for greater Asian beef trade (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) WASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuters) - U.S. beef interests hope steps in coming months will put them closer to expanded trade with lucrative Asian markets worth at least another $1 billion in trade, industry sources said on Tuesday. [News Source]

LIVESTOCK HIGHLIGHTS: Top Stories Of The Day (CattleNetwork.com) WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--U.S. and Japanese representatives will be sitting down again this week in Tokyo to negotiate an expansion of beef trade between the two countries, U.S. government officials said Monday. [News Source]

Red tape threatens organic gardener (Northwest Herald) WOODSTOCK – Mayo Underwood is keeping one nervous eye on the weather forecast, and the other on her empty bottle of fermented salmon head plant food. [News Source]

Red tape threatens organic gardener (Northwest Herald) WOODSTOCK – Mayo Underwood is keeping one nervous eye on the weather forecast, and the other on her empty bottle of fermented salmon head plant food. [News Source]

Food scares enough to make us ill (The Myrtle Beach Sun News) When I was growing up, my family would all gather around the dinner table, survey the food my mom had prepared for us, then bow our heads and say a little prayer before we'd dig in. These days, I still do the same thing. Now, however, I add a little piece on the end. I whisper, "and please, God, don't let any of this stuff kill me!" It seems every time I turn around, there's another kind of food ... [News Source]

Tokyo’s top lobbyist in D.C. is going to miss ‘working at the epicenter of world power’ (The Hill) After three years as the Japanese government’s top lobbyist on Capitol Hill, Hitoshi Noda has some unlikely and perhaps undiplomatic advice for his successor as minister for congressional affairs at the Embassy of Japan. [News Source]

Dirt Cheap Dream Stocks (The Motley Fool) Who says value investing can't be glamorous? [News Source]

UPDATE Tyson Swings To 3Q Profit; Sales Up Across Board (Nasdaq) Tyson Foods Inc. (TSN) said Monday it swung to a third-quarter profit on price increases and higher sales in all business segments, after a year-earlier loss caused by one-time charges and losses in the chicken and beef sectors. [News Source]

Red tape threatens organic gardener (Northwest Herald) WOODSTOCK – Mayo Underwood is keeping one nervous eye on the weather forecast, and the other on her empty bottle of fermented salmon head plant food. [News Source]