Local News (The St. Catherine Standard) Mind-boggling. Ask John Colyn to describe what's happening in the pork industry and that's the answer the pig farmer will give. [News Source]

JBS-Swift waiting word on Taiwanese beef shipment (Greeley Tribune) JBS-Swift officials have confirmed that Taiwan has found bone chips in a beef shipment from its Greeley plant, but they have had no confirmation that the Asian country has suspended further shipments. [News Source]

Rockland AM Report (The Journal News) Sergio Fields-Paz, 26, of 35 Twin Ave. in Spring Valley, was sentenced Monday to 3 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance. [News Source]

Haiart shooter to be sentenced (winnipegsun.com) A Winnipeg man convicted in the gang war shooting of innocent bystander Phil Haiart will be sentenced to prison today. The only question is for how long. [News Source]

Psion Teklogix Collaborates With Cybercampo In Uruguay’s National Livestock Traceability Program (DataCollectionOnline) Psion Teklogix, world provider of solutions for mobile computing, wireless data capture and radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, is playing a prominent role in the Uruguayan livestock traceability system. Incorporation of the WORKABOUT PRO portable data collection terminal into the i-campo solution developed by Cybercampo provides major benefits for the agri-business community. [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]