Israeli company barcodes your beef for safety. The idea started in Israel. A novel method using cow DNA and software, gives the ability to track and trace cows for health and safety reasons. [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]

E. coli victims tell their stories (video) (The North Bay Nugget) Kelly Fortier is a vegetarian. The 20-year-old made the switch in January [...] [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]

Slingin’ Sammy is the heart of OU’s offense (Muskogee Phoenix) NORMAN — Losing the heart of your defense, like OU did last week against Texas when Ryan Reynolds suffered yet another knee injury, is not a good thing to happen in the Big 12, where points and yards ring up like the penny digit on a gas station pump. [News Source]