Executive Q&A - Mark Clarke: New Dairy Expo leader a ‘cow guy’ (Wisconsin State Journal) Mark Clarke knows he has some high standards to live up to. In July, Tom McKittrick left his position as general manager of World Dairy Expo. The annual event began in 1967 as the World Food and Agricultural Foundation with its first show at what is now the Alliant Energy Center. The name was changed to the World Dairy Expo and it became a trade show in 1970 when the International Dairy Show ... [News Source]

Canola cuts the mustard (Business Standard India) While we all know of the WHO recommendation to keep rotating one’s cooking oils to avail of all-round health benefits, the hunt for the “healthiest oil” continues. [News Source]

New Causes For Neurodegeneration Discovered By U-M Scientists (Medical News Today) Diseases that cause neurons to break-down, such as Alzheimer's, Multiple Sclerosis and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (Mad Cow Disease), continue to be elusive to scientists and resistant to treatments.A new finding from University of Michigan researchers demonstrates an unpredicted link between a virtually unknown signaling molecule and neuron health. [click link for full article] [News Source]

Beef business going bust. Before the arrival in Alberta of mad cow disease or BSE, a cow could sell for as much as $1,500. Now thousands of ranchers are quitting or drastically cutting their herds because of rock-bottom cattle prices. [News Source]

Beef business going bust (Canada.com) EDMONTON - Marcel Turgeon cried when he watched 50 years of his life get sold for $56,000. That's what the 63-year-old Lac La Biche rancher got at auction for 123 of the best charolais cows in the province. [News Source]

Customer Service (Brandon Sun) MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Three game operations are under quarantine in Saskatchewan because of chronic wasting disease. One is a white-tailed deer operation north of Moose Jaw, while the other two are hunt operations in Prince Albert. [News Source]