BSE “mischief” damaging beef industry (North Queensland Register) A SENATE committee has been accused of being "mischievous" for pursuing the decision behind the proposal to lift the ban on beef imports from countries which have had BSE, or mad cow disease. [News Source]

Cattle Council grilled in BSE inquiry (Brisbane Times) Coalition senators have clashed with representatives of a key cattle group over new rules covering the importation of beef to Australia. [News Source]

Cattle Council grilled in BSE inquiry (The Age) Coalition senators have clashed with representatives of a key cattle group over new rules covering the importation of beef to Australia. [News Source]

BSE “mischief” damaging beef industry (Queensland Country Life) A SENATE committee has been accused of being "mischievous" for pursuing the decision behind the proposal to lift the ban on beef imports from countries which have had BSE, or mad cow disease. [News Source]

Background Note: Canada (Scoop.co.nz) Geography Area: 9.9 million sq. km. (3.8 million sq. mi.); second-largest country in the world. Cities: Capital --Ottawa (pop. 1.1 million). Other major cities --Toronto (5.1 million), Montreal (3.6 million), Vancouver (2.1 million), Calgary (1.1 million), ... [News Source]

USDA right to ditch onerous cattle chip plans. The plan the U.S. Department of Agriculture had to pierce the ears of cattle in hopes to better track them and also keep track of foodborne illnesses treaded too far on the side of overregulation. [News Source]

Livestock ID plan has identity crisis (Iowa Farmer) Nebraska’s director of agriculture is watching closely as plans for a national identification system for cattle, hogs and other livestock are pulled off the federal agenda. [News Source]

Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (Blu-ray) (DVD Talk) Recommended [click on the thumbnail to enlarge] "Evil spirits...?! I'll believe in the supernatural when I see it, Talking Sandwich. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to serve the priest a penis-free Sloppy J... Read the entire review [News Source]

Wilkins taking new position in Colorado (Fremont Tribune) During the past decade, Kevin Wilkins led efforts to bring in new industry to Fremont and fund the citys economic devel... (4 comments) [News Source]

Research center no ‘magic’ (The Republican) HOLYOKE - Imagine the atmosphere as a grid. A cluster of computers simulates atmospheric flows for each square in the grid en route to predicting tornadoes or other kinds of weather for specific geographic areas. [News Source]