Minister expects food price hike (Owen Sound Sun Times) Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz thinks food prices will have to increase to help put more cash in the pockets of what he expects will be fewer and fewer farmers.[...] [News Source]

Broadway’s Faith Prince and Davis Gaines star in partially staged Sweeney Todd (Orlando Sentinel) Orlando Philharmonic and Mad Cow Theatre worked together on the show opening Friday F aith Prince doesn't look like a murderer. [News Source]

Dead cow pick-up in jeopardy (Columbia Daily Herald) New regulations that aim to stop mad cow disease from reaching the food supply could have a major effect on Maury County beef producers. [News Source]

j1059 BC-MO-DeadCowDilemma 1stLd-Writethru 03-04 0944 (Hays Daily News) Eds: UPDATES with details, background. ADDS byline, photo numbers. [News Source]

Davis Gaines and Faith Prince star in ‘Sweeney Todd’ concert musical (Orlando Sentinel) Orlando Philharmonic and Mad Cow Theatre join forces for this production F aith Prince doesn't look like a murderer. [News Source]

6 p.m. update: New Iberia Research Center under investigation; see video; read all statements (The Lafayette Daily Advertiser) The Humane Society of the United States has accused UL's New Iberia Research Center of physical and psychological abuse of animals at the facility. [News Source]

Antibody key to treating variant CJD, scientists find (PhysOrg) Scientists at the University of Liverpool have determined the atomic structure of the 'binding' between a brain protein and an antibody that could be key to treating patients with diseases such as variant CJD. [News Source]

Freedom to Farm Act stalls in Senate. A bill that would prohibit any state agency from requiring farmers or ranchers to register their animals or their farms failed to garner enough support Tuesday to reach a vote in an Arkansas Senate committee. [News Source]

Fewer cattle tested for mad cow disease (Global TV Edmonton) The Alberta government is trying to boost the number of cattle being sent for bovine spongiform encephalopathy tests after submissions plunged last year. [News Source]

Farmers face jump in livestock disposal fees (The Globe and Mail) Provinces ends subsidies to help with costs of getting rid of dead animals [News Source]