Immigration reform among topics during Markey-Musgrave debate (Rocky Mountain News) Immigration reform, food safety and water shortages were among the agricultural topics addressed in the second debate between Republican incumbent Marilyn Musgrave and her Democratic challenger Betsy Markey on Monday night. [News Source]

Nelson Urges Administration To Ratchet Up Efforts To Open Markets To U.S. Beef (Yankton Press & Dakotan) Nebraska’s Sen. Ben Nelson today called on the Administration to ratchet up its efforts to re-open important foreign markets for U.S. beef in light of a new report from the International Trade Commission (ITC). The report shows that U.S. beef producers lost nearly $11 billion between 2004 and 2007 due to barriers on U.S. beef exports not warranted under the World Animal Health Organization (OIE) ... [News Source]

FDA to review genetically engineered farm animals (AG Weekly) WASHINGTON - Super Chicken strutted a step closer to the dinner table Thursday. [News Source]

Lost cows create udder chaos in Britain (Moldova.org) A British minister has been forced to admit in Parliament his department lost track of nearly 21,000 head of cattle.The livestock should have been logged into the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' tracking system but something went wrong, The Daily Telegraph reported Monday.Laptops, data and now cows, is there anything this government cannot misplace? asked Peter Ainsworth, the ... [News Source]

Lost cows create udder chaos in Britain (UPI) LONDON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- A British minister has been forced to admit in Parliament his department lost track of nearly 21,000 head of cattle. [News Source]

Not All Vets Treat Pets — For Some It’s About Homeland Security (Palatka Daily News) (ARA) - Anthrax. Biological attacks. Exotic diseases. These and many other issues are making headlines as the world we live in seems to get smaller and smaller. Yet there is a dedicated group of scientists who are confronting these, and many other, threats each and every day. [News Source]