Local officials await decision on carcass removal funds (The Glasgow Daily Times) Local officials are waiting to find out if money will be available in the 2009-10 fiscal year to fund the removal of dead animals, specifically cows, in Barren County. [News Source]

Farmed Fish May Pose Risk For Mad Cow Disease (The Kentucky Post) LOUISVILLE, Ky. –University of Louisville neurologist Robert P. Friedland, M.D., questions the safety of eating farmed fish in today’s Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, adding a new worry to concerns about the nation’s food supply. [News Source]

Orlando-area arts organizations are creatively cutting back (Orlando Sentinel) When the Orlando Opera went under this spring, arts lovers thought the sky was falling. One of the oldest and largest arts institutions in Central Florida, the opera couldn't weather the economic storm, and its demise made pessimists of many, who began to think that other local arts and cultural nonprofits would follow the same path. Not so, say nearly all of the leaders of Central Florida's ... [News Source]

How Prion Protein Damages Brain Cells: Findings Could Advance Understanding Of Mad Cow Disease, Related Disorders (Science Daily) Scientists have gained a major insight into how the rogue protein responsible for mad cow disease and related neurological illnesses destroys healthy brain tissue. [News Source]

Live dairy exports boom amid price gloom (North Queensland Register) MANY dairyfarmers have been helpless as milk prices have nearly halved in the past six months, but one bright spot for the industry has been the live export of dairy heifers. [News Source]

COMMENTARY: Livestock Producers Have Major Stake In Direction Of Commodity Programs (Yankton Press & Dakotan) With all of the challenges faced by the livestock sector over the last several years — bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE or mad cow disease), export bans, E. coli and other food borne diseases, uncertainty over the implementation of animal identification and country of origin labeling — the last thing they needed was a 250 percent increase in the cost of the grains and oilseeds they use as ... [News Source]