Lawmakers request delay of new mad cow rules (Columbus Telegram) Rep. Adrian Smith and 29 other members of Congress are calling for a delay on new rules that are intended to keep mad cow disease ... [News Source]

FACTBOX-What is Mad Cow disease? (AlertNet) Source: Reuters March 27 (Reuters) - Czech state veterinarians said on Friday they had found a new case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a six-year-old cow on a farm near the northern border with Poland ... [News Source]

Lawmakers ask for delay of new mad cow rule. Thirty members of Congress are calling for a delay on new rules that are intended to keep mad-cow disease out of the food supply but have created problems in disposing of dead cattle. [News Source]

Lawmakers ask for delay of new mad cow rule. Thirty members of Congress are calling for a delay on new rules that are intended to keep mad-cow disease out of the food supply but have created problems in disposing of dead cattle. [News Source]

Lawmakers ask for delay of new mad cow rule (Lincoln Journal Star) WASHINGTON — Thirty members of Congress are calling for a delay on new rules that are intended to keep mad-cow disease out of the food supply but have created problems in disposing of dead cattle. [News Source]

donga.com[English donga] (donga.com) Prosecutors yesterday raided the homes of the staff of the MBC TV investigative program “PD Notebook” on suspicion of exaggerating fears over American beef and the risk of mad cow disease. [News Source]

Lawmakers ask for delay of new mad cow rule (Lincoln Journal Star) WASHINGTON — Members of Congress are asking the federal government to delay new rules intended to keep mad cow disease out of the food supply. Led by Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., and joined by Missouri Rep. Roy Blunt, the lawmakers say the new rules create problems for getting rid of cattle carcasses. [News Source]

One size doesn’t fit all for tracking farm animals. An expensive federal program to put computer chips in every farm animal from here to San Diego isn't good for Maine. [News Source]

Farmers want deadstock relief (The Globe and Mail) Sunderland man brings a dead cow, calf, pig and lamb to the legislature to protest against new rules replacing government subsidies for animal disposal [News Source]

Farmers want deadstock relief (The Globe and Mail) Ed the steer led a quiet life, but his corpse sure raised a stink.Earlier this month, shortly before he was due to be outfitted with a hamburger bun, Ed dropped dead. [News Source]