Clarke to manage World Dairy Expo (Wisconsin State Journal) Mark Clarke was named Tuesday to succeed Tom McKittrick as general manager of World Dairy Expo. Clarke, 39, of Deforest, has been product manager for Bou-Matic, a Madison dairy equipment manufacturer, for the past four years and will take over the dairy show's top leadership position Nov. 12. "I don't see making any huge changes coming right out of the gate," Clarke said at a news conference. ... [News Source]

Chris Rattue: Please Springboks end this nightmare (The New Zealand Herald) Come on South Africa. Please, please, please. If there is any justice in this world, the Springboks will annihilate England in the Rugby World Cup final on Sunday morning and strike a blow for southern hemisphere rugby's mad, crazy obsession with providing a bit of entertainment. [News Source]

Clarke is named general manager of World Dairy Expo (Wisconsin State Journal) Mark Clarke was named Tuesday to succeed Tom McKittrick as general manager of World Dairy Expo. Clarke, 39, of Deforest, has been product manager for Bou-Matic, a Madison dairy equipment manufacturer, for the past four years and will take over the dairy show 's top leadership position Nov. 12. "I don 't see making any huge changes coming right out of the gate, " Clarke said at a news conference. ... [News Source]

Who’s on first in battle against BSE? (Prairie Star) In the old Superman comics there is an alternative world, an alternate reality, where things are topsy-turvy, or opposite. This alternate reality place was called “Bizarro world.” [News Source]

US urges SKorea to fully open beef market (AFP via Yahoo! News) A top US trade official Tuesday urged South Korea to fully open its beef market because import restrictions were a hurdle for a free trade pact between the two nations. [News Source]

South Korea must move on beef to spur U.S. deal (Environmental News Network) The chief U.S. envoy for a free trade deal with South Korea said on Tuesday she hopes Congress will ratify the pact in early 2008 but lawmakers want Seoul to fully open its market to American beef before signing off. The U.S. and South Korea struck a deal in April that experts said could increase their $78 billion a year in two-way trade by about $20 billion a year. The deal has yet to be ... [News Source]

US urges SKorea to fully open beef market (TODAYonline) Vertebral columns found in a beef shipment from the United States in Ahyang. A top US trade official Tuesday urged South Korea to fully open its beef market because import restrictions were a hurdle for a free trade pact between the two nations [News Source]

US urges SKorea to fully open beef market (AFP via Yahoo! Malaysia News) A top US trade official Tuesday urged South Korea to fully open its beef market because import restrictions were a hurdle for a free trade pact between the two nations. [News Source]

South Korea must move on beef to spur U.S. deal (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The chief U.S. envoy for a free trade deal with South Korea said on Tuesday she hopes Congress will ratify the pact in early 2008 but lawmakers want Seoul to fully open its market to American beef before signing off. [News Source]

US: Congress Needs Action on Beef Issue (AP via Yahoo! Finance) A top U.S. trade official said Tuesday that resolution of a bilateral beef dispute with South Korea is needed for congressional leaders in Washington to back a hard-fought free trade deal. [News Source]