Customer Service (Brandon Sun) WINNIPEG - Animal feed company Ridley Inc. (TSX:RCL) has agreed to pay $6 million in a settlement agreement with the plaintiffs in several mad cow class action lawsuits filed against the company and the Canadian government. [News Source]

Customer Service (Brandon Sun) CALGARY - Canadian farmers and ranchers, beset for decades with disasters from drought to mad cow disease, appear to be suffering more than just financially. [News Source]

Customer Service (Brandon Sun) YAKIMA, Wash. - Beginning Monday, the United States will allow cattle over 30 months of age into the country from Canada, the latest step in a long disruption of trade caused by the discovery of mad cow disease there in 2003. [News Source]

Customer Service (Brandon Sun) BISMARCK, N.D. - North Dakota's animal health board says Canadian cattle and bison must be tested for two diseases before they're allowed into the state. [News Source]

Customer Service (Brandon Sun) MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Three game operations are under quarantine in Saskatchewan because of chronic wasting disease. One is a white-tailed deer operation north of Moose Jaw, while the other two are hunt operations in Prince Albert. [News Source]

Customer Service (Brandon Sun) TORONTO (CP) - The Ontario Federation of Agriculture is urging more vigilance at the Canadian border regarding British travellers in the wake of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease southwest of London. [News Source]

Customer Service (Brandon Sun) WINNIPEG (CP) - The Manitoba and federal governments are spending $17.2 million dollars to help the province's cattle industry meet an enhanced feed ban to prevent mad cow disease. [News Source]