beef from cattle aged up to 30 months, in line with global standards, while Tokyo currently only accepts American beef from cattled aged 20 months or younger. More Alerts Elsewhere on the Web CNN.com Court allows issue ads in federal elections ABC News The Note's Sneak Peek: McCain Faces Tough Week USATODAY.com GAO says diplomat's appointment is legal SEND US YOUR PHOTOS! Campaign trail Following the presidential campaign? Submit pictures of candidates, supporters, and events to You...

TAIPEI, Taiwan Taiwan has lifted a four-year-old ban on Canadian beef imports that followed a mad cow disease scare, but the meat is restricted to boneless cuts from cattle under 30 months old. The department said imported beef must also be free of brain or spinal material, believed to have a higher risk of carrying mad cow disease, also called bovine spongiform encephalopathy or BSE. Canada has had 10 reported BSE cases since the country's first discovery, on May 20, 2003, which drove...

Designer meat would theoretically be free of hormones, antibiotics, and the threat of mad cow disease or bird flu. Scientists can add vitamins, fatty acids and flavors to the meat, which could one day be processed into food products. Revolting? You bet, but have you ever visited a sausage factory? Currently costing around $100,000 per kilogram, a choice cut of lab meat makes Kobe beef seem like a bargain. Using pig stem cells, scientists have been growing lab meat for years, and it could...

Dairy cattle replaced much of the beef cattle production here. Except for what was consumed by the relatively small human population or converted to beef jerky, most of the meat went to waste. Homer writes of a new twist on the stories of the cattle trails that once linked San Luis Obispo county to its prime cattle market, the gold field towns and cities of the Sierra Nevada. The narrow bladed grasses introduced to the Franciscan missions in Southern California during the 1770s-90s...

Cattle feedyards like the one Kyle Williams manages in Texas, the nation s leading cattle-producing state, is one of the first stops on the road to higher beef prices. LUBBOCK, Texas Motorists might save a few cents a gallon filling their tanks with ethanol, but they could soon be paying more for a burger and a milkshake as a result. Department of Agriculture reported that the average price for choice beef in May was already the second highest on record at nearly $4. About a quarter of the...