Animal Tagging: Digital Angel Corporation Receives Over $600,000 Order From The USDA for National Animal … (RFIDSolutions-RFIDSolutionsOnline) Digital Angel Corporation (the "Company"), an advanced technology company in the field of rapid and accurate identification, location tracking and condition monitoring of high-value assets, announced recently that it has received an order for 630,000 compliant radio frequency identification (RFID) ear tags valued at more than $600,000 from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for ... [News Source]

Horse flu inquiry opens (Sydney Morning Herald) Vets and others did not observe strict protocols, hearing told. [News Source]

Horse flu inquiry ‘must move quickly’ (Adelaide Now) AN independent inquiry into the outbreak of equine influenza in Australia must move quickly to prevent any further biosecurity breaches, the NSW Government says. [News Source]

Horse flu inquiry ‘must move quickly’ (Daily Telegraph) AN independent inquiry into the outbreak of equine influenza in Australia must move quickly to prevent any further biosecurity breaches, the NSW Government says. [News Source]

Horse flu inquiry ‘must move quickly’ (Perth Now) AN independent inquiry into the outbreak of equine influenza in Australia must move quickly to prevent any further biosecurity breaches, the NSW Government says. [News Source]

Sally is a good ole girl (Ruidoso News) Cowboying isn't just about riding a horse, swinging a rope or looking fine in Cinch jeans and a new George Strait straw hat. Sally is a good ole girl. She's the kind you just like having around. Besides being beautiful, she is fun, rides well, and can sometimes catch both feet. [News Source]

Johanns Could Be Leaving USDA Just in Time (AG Weekly) WASHINGTON — The Department of Agriculture is rarely in the headlines these days, but when Secretary Mike Johanns stepped down last week, he listed a range of projects that span the agency’s broad reach, from preparing for an outbreak of a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza to developing an online facility for providing U.S. citizens with nutrition advice. [News Source]

USDA begins process to open border to older Canadian cattle (Prairie Star) Citing the need to harmonize the cattle trade with countries presenting a minimal risk of introducing bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) into the United States, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, on Sept. 14, published rules that will eventually allow older Canadian cattle to move south across the border. [News Source]

Digital Angel Gets Government RFID Order (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Digital Angel Corp. said Tuesday it received an order for 630,000 radio frequency identification livestock ear tags from the Department of Agriculture worth $600,000. [News Source]

MaggieQ bares and dares (The Manila Times) SHE’s hot and she’s sending all of us an important message. [News Source]