LIVESTOCK HIGHLIGHTS: Top Stories Of The Day (CattleNetwork.com) WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--A recent shipment of U.S. beef to South Korea was found to contain vertebral column, material that is prohibited by the country due to fears about mad-cow disease, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said Wednesday. [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]