From the beef war to ECFA; trade crisis continues (Asia News Network) The beef war, which shouldn't have occurred between Taiwan and the United States, has yet to come to an end. [News Source]

From the beef war to ECFA; trade crisis continues (Asia News Network) The beef war, which shouldn't have occurred between Taiwan and the United States, has yet to come to an end. President Ma Ying-jeou, who is visiting Latin America, stopped over in San Francisco the ot ..... [News Source]

Opinion: Out of whack things righted, once in Blue Moon (North Platte Bulletin) Year in and year out, things here stay pretty much the same. We still have death and taxes. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, and the North Star is always perfectly positioned above the neighbor’s barn. [News Source]

BSE beef imports in the Senate’s focus (North Queensland Register) GOVERNMENT guarantees of rigorous import assessments for all beef, which will soon be allowed into Australia from countries which have had bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), will go under the microscope at a second Senate inquiry into the controversial decision this week. [News Source]

U.S. Haggis-Lovers’ Hopes Dashed (NPR) It's still illegal to import haggis from Scotland, despite reports saying otherwise. There's been a ban on this concoction of sheep meat cooked in a stomach since 1989, when mad cow disease was in the news. [News Source]

U.S. Haggis Lovers’ Hopes Dashed (NPR) It's still illegal to import haggis from Scotland, despite reports saying otherwise. There's been a ban on this concoction of sheep meat cooked in a stomach since 1989, when mad cow disease was in the news. [News Source]

Finding the source that caused a Coot kill off. Nobody paid much attention to the dead Coots at Arkansas’s DeGray Lake. That is until the Eagles started dying. [News Source]

‘All these things we’re seeing – E coli, mad cow, listeria, salmonella – this is nature screaming at us: “Enough!” ‘ Joel Salatin is America's most celebrated pioneer of chemical-free farming – but if you want to taste his beef or chicken you'll have to move to Virginia. [News Source]

Carbon footprint menu: Let them eat grass. Ridge Shinn’s cows are fat and happy eating grass, which makes their carbon footprint smaller than that of corn-fed cattle in feedlots, and grass-feeding has health benefits, too. [News Source]

‘All these things we’re seeing – E coli, mad cow, listeria, salmonella – this is nature screaming at us: “Enough!” ‘ Joel Salatin is America's most celebrated pioneer of chemical-free farming – but if you want to taste his beef or chicken you'll have to move to Virginia. [News Source]