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USDA takes correction action concerning the Meatless Monday blunder.

Lawmakers and activist groups are calling on the U.S. government to lower the ethanol quota in the face of a possible domestic and international food crisis.

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

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.

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.

The discovery of mad cow disease in the US this week could be a boon for Australia’s beef export industry but it is too early to make predictions, industry leaders say.

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.

A BIGGER than expected drop in the US herd may offer a small reprieve for Australian beefexporters facing falls in Japan and Korea, analysis suggests.The US industry is still reeling after a USDA report counted beefcattle numbers at their lowest in 60 years.In its twice-yearly cattle report, the USDA pegged cattle and calves in the US as of January 1 at 90.8 million head, 2.1 per cent below the 92.7m a year ago and the lowest January 1 inventory of all cattle and calves since the 88.1m on hand in 1952.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the United States’ cattle herd has shrunk to its smallest size in 60 years, mostly because of a severe drought that has ravaged the southern plains. Beef prices have gone up 17 percent as a result. In the pastures near Hallsburg,Texas, ranchers are hanging on desperately, hoping for rain.