New US-Canada cattle trade upsets some (The Charlotte Observer) Canadian cattle over 30 months of age will be allowed into the U.S. market starting Monday, despite criticism from some domestic ranchers worried about mad cow disease. No one knows for sure how the decision will affect U.S. ranchers or foreign markets, which have yet to fully recover from the discovery of an infected cow in 2003. One cattlemen's group didn't wait to find out, filing an ... [News Source]

US Group seeks to block Canadian cattle (AP via Yahoo! News) Canadian cattle over 30 months of age will be allowed into the U.S. market starting Monday, despite criticism from some domestic ranchers worried about mad cow disease. [News Source]

Better safe than mad (Seattle Times) BETTER safe than sorry when it comes to mad-cow disease. The U.S. Department of Agriculture should hold off on its plan to permit, beginning... [News Source]