Korea expected to revise rules on U.S. beef imports (Korea Herald) Korea will ease rules against bone-in beef imported from the United States., but will push to keep the current specified risk material (SRM) and age restrictions on animals butchered for the Korean market, government sources were quoted as saying Tuesday by Yonhap News Agency. [News Source]

THE DAY THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING (Niagara Falls Review) For six years, I've heard all the stories about what people were doing when it happened. [News Source]

THE DAY THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING (Niagara Falls Review) For six years, I've heard all the stories about what people were doing when it happened. [News Source]

Ministry: End BSE tests on young cows (Asahi.com) The health ministry has called on all prefectural and municipal governments--without exception--to end mad cow disease tests of cattle under 21 months next July, sources said. [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]

Mad cow Abbott defends Howard (Daily Telegraph) HEALTH Minister Tony Abbott may have been nicknamed the mad monk but today he revealed his madness may be due to a cow, rather than his religion. [News Source]

Grass-fed animals are healthier (Rapid City Journal) “To love and appreciate the Rocky Mountains, you only open your eyes, but to love and appreciate the prairie, you must open your soul.” [News Source]