It's a sophisticated, developing market, said Lora Klenke, director of the state's agriculture market development bureau. Dairy products, vegetables, prepared foods and animal feed are some of the state's exports to South Korea. The Bush administration intends to submit the legislation to Congress for approval under its fast-track authority, which imposes timelines on Congress to vote and requires up-or-down votes without amendment. The Korean government began to relax restrictions last...

By the Yankton Press & Dakotan A ruling by a federal judge last week would seem to bring some needed discussion back to the matter of testing for bovine spongiform encephalapathy, aka mad cow disease. USDA officials fear that false positive tests done privately might create panic and harm the cattle industry. Department of Agriculture had resisted, wishing to reserve exclusivity on testing. The USDA which argues that it alone should manage BSE testing - tests only less than 1 percent of...

March 16, 2007 In-Depth: Sony, Stanford Experts Talk PS3 Folding@home Sony has just revealed roll-out details for its Folding@home PS3 service, and Gamasutra attended a Stanford University event revealing the distributed disease-solving PS3 'screensaver', talking to scientists and Sony managers behind the service. March 16, 2007 In-Depth: Sony, Stanford Experts Talk PS3 Folding@home Sony has just revealed roll-out details for its Folding@home PS3 service, and Gamasutra attended a Stanford...

It might bother some people to be reminded, but natural gas prices would be more stable if it weren't for the not-in-my-backyard attitude that is blocking the siting of liquefied natural gas terminals and oil-and-gas production off the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts. It might bother some people to be reminded, but natural gas prices would be more stable if it weren't for the not-in-my-backyard attitude that is blocking the siting of liquefied natural gas terminals and oil-and-gas production...

The week started off on a high note, with Monday seeing the Sensex move up by 50 points, but then the markets turned down dramatically over the next fourdays and dived from a near high of just under 5000 to 4750 on Fridaybefore recovering in the ending session to close at 4838. The week started off on a high note, with Monday seeing the Sensex move up by 50 points, but then the markets turned down dramatically over the next fourdays and dived from a near high of just under 5000 to 4750 on...

Australian beef and veal exports during March increased by two percent compared to the same time last year, to 92,654 metric tons, according to the latest figures released by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Meat and Livestock Australia said that the increase in beef exports was largely driven by a 40 percent jump in shipments sent to Korea during March, to 13,959 metric tons. MLA said the steady rise in exports during March was assisted by a five percent increase in...