S. Korea again discovers banned ribs in U.S. beef shipment. South Korea has found a box of imported U.S. beef containing banned parts from an unauthorized U.S. meat packaging facility, marking the third such incident since quarantine inspections of U.S. beef resumed late last month, government officials said Wednesday. [News Source]

Asia trip pays off for South Sioux. Nebraska Gov. Dan Heineman's trade mission to Asia could help bring new jobs and foreign investment to South Sioux City. [News Source]

k1015 BC-SKorea-USBeef 09-12 0360 9/12/2007 South Korea finds banned bones in U.S. beef shipment (Hays Daily News) Eds: Moving on general news and financial services. [News Source]

SKorea Finds Banned Bones in U.S. Beef (AP via Yahoo! Finance) South Korea found banned bones in a U.S. beef shipment for third time this month and plans to send the entire shipment back to the United States, an official said Wednesday. [News Source]

Asia trip pays off for South Sioux (Sioux City Journal) Nebraska Gov. Dan Heineman's trade mission to Asia could help bring new jobs and foreign investment to South Sioux City. [News Source]

Kyodo economic news summary -4- (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News) _ ---------- World Bank urges China to allow yuan to rise [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]

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]