Facility resumes operations a week after USDA closed it down amid video allegations of dairy cow abuse. Company still is suspended from supplying meat to federal food programs.

You can use a microwave to test the moisture content of forage before you ensile or bale.

USDA takes correction action concerning the Meatless Monday blunder.

The border cattle gate at Columbus, N.M., that was shut down two months ago over safety concerns will reopen.New Mexico’s U.S. Sens. Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall announced that the White House agreed to resume cattle crossing operations contingent on some changes.

Nationwide hay use this past winter was reduced compared to last year due to mild weather conditions and record high prices.

An inspection group from Taiwan was scheduled to arrive in Washington Sunday to monitor beef safety in the United States after a case of mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), was found in a dairy cow in California last month.