US Trade Report Prioritizes Auto Issue With Korea (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) in its annual trade report for 2008 released Friday named better auto market access in South Korea as one of the key priorities for the U.S. government. [News Source]

US TRADE REPORT PRIORITIZES AUTO ISSUE WITH KOREA (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance) Tax   The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) in its annual trade report for 2008 released Friday named better auto market access in South Korea as one of the key priorities for the U.S. government. [News Source]

Bikers race through Fruita for “Mad Cow Classic” (KJCT 8 Grand Junction) FRUITA (KJCT)- Streets in Fruita were closed off today for "the Mad Cow Classic" bike race. This USA Cycling event included a road race up to 62 miles long and a shorter "Criterium" race along the main circle in downtown Fruita. [News Source]

Lessons learned from largest U.S. meat recall (AG Weekly) Not since Upton Sinclair’s 1906 book “The Jungle” has the American meat market been this shaken. [News Source]

Owen Hembry : Girding the loins for a battle over beef (The New Zealand Herald) New Zealand beef exports to North Asia have soared, following a ban on US beef in the region because of mad cow disease. Taiwan, Japan and Korea banned US beef imports in 2003 for fear of BSE. [News Source]

Holstein industry celebrates successes (CNews) It's an industry that fuses family farm traditions with modern science and technology. For four days, more than 500 dairy producers from across Canada have been talking turkey about Holsteins. [News Source]

Daddy Oh (The Jamaica Observer) Revel the night, Rob, murder and commit The oldest sins, The newest kinds of ways. Shakespeare, 2 Henry IV It seems as if man cannot get enough of sin, for after exhausting the old ones, committing them in the newest kind of ways, I see where new ones are being thrust upon us. [News Source]

Ag exports a boon for Nebraska (Grand Island Independent) [With U.S. agricultural exports projected to surpass $101 billion this year, Nebraska will be reaping a lot of those benefits. [News Source]

Heineman to host Korean ambassador during upcoming Nebraska visit (Grand Island Independent) [The issue of Nebraska beef exports to South Korea will be on the agenda when Gov. Dave Heineman hosts South Korean Ambassador Lee Tae-sik during his visit to Omaha Tuesday. [News Source]

Here’s the beef: Local producers find a widening market (The Farmington Daily Times) FARMINGTON — San Juan County's beef producers have a larger market open to them because an export ban recently was lifted. A ban imposed by Mexico in 2003 because of an isolated case of "mad cow" disease no longer is in effect, U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman's office announced Thursday. [News Source]