The U.S. Department of Agriculture says Illinois-based Aspen Foods is recalling nearly 2 million pounds of raw, frozen chicken products over concerns they might be contaminated with salmonella.
A prominent Iowa businessman was found guilty Monday of falsifying documents as part of a scheme to export beef to Malaysia and Indonesia that didn't meet those countries' strict slaughter standards.
Drought and heat have stressed Oregon's grass seed crops in multiple ways, which has farmers expecting a substantial decrease in yields now that harvest is underway.
Under threat of trade retaliation from Canada and Mexico, the U.S. House of Representatives has voted to repeal a law requiring country-of-origin labels on packages of beef, pork and poultry.
Drenching rains that recently soaked the Great Plains have brought welcomed moisture to areas still recovering from droughts, greening pastures as ranchers begin the annual rite of moving cattle to the nation's summer grazing lands.
Drenching rains that recently soaked the Great Plains have brought welcomed moisture to areas still recovering from droughts, greening pastures as ranchers begin the annual rite of moving cattle to the nation's summer grazing lands.
Though the ruling went against the U.S., it's a victory for the U.S. meat industry, which has said the labels are costly because of segregation of livestock and record keeping.
Northern Utah ranchers already dealing with low water supply are now facing a larger than normal infestation of a black grass bug that kills grass needed for cattle to graze.
It was only a matter of time before ranchers began replacing the 4.3 million American cattle lost to drought since 2012. Now, they're filling the void with Montana livestock.
It's the night before an auction, and cattle are beginning to arrive. Manhattan Commission Company in Manhattan, Kan., already smells like livestock - it always does - but the back lot is also about to get loud.
Driving up the long, narrow dirt driveway of Rolling Hills Traeger Ranch near Avon, you may think this is just like every other beef cattle operation in central Minnesota.
A preliminary agreement has been reached in a lawsuit filed by more than 250 former employees of the Aberdeen, S.D., idled beef plant who claim they weren't properly notified before they were laid off.
An environmental group has threatened to sue a Lane County, Ore. slaughterhouse and meat packer, saying it discharged blood and other liquid waste in violation of the federal Clean Water Act.
A year since a tense standoff between a Nevada rancher's armed supporters and federal land managers, Cliven Bundy's cattle still roam public lands, more than $1.1 million worth of grazing fees have yet to be paid and Bundy has become a tea party celebrity in the West.
A Dutch court has sentenced a meat processor to 30 months imprisonment for a massive fraud operation in which he illicitly sold horse meat as more expensive beef.
The founders of a beef company who were major donors to Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad's campaign were among the business leaders who raised concerns about a state official the governor later tried to force out, according to court documents released to The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Demand for locally produced beef is surging as never before, but the butchers who for generations have prepared and sold meat to customers and markets are a dwindling profession.
Demand for locally produced beef is surging as never before, but the butchers who for generations have prepared and sold meat to customers and markets are a dwindling profession.