New, high-tech methods might be an option for yield grading beef, a change that companies like Agri-Beef say will provide ...

Last year, I bought a whole beef carcass for the first time. I was helping with a barbecue event where the main attraction was the full steer cooked over wood in a pit built with concrete blocks. The ...

The United States Department of Agriculture launched a new remote beef grading pilot program which will allow rural meat processors to have more access to markets through the USDA’s official beef ...

Beef quality grades are determined by evaluating the maturity and the marbling of beef carcasses. As beef animals mature, their meat generally becomes tougher. This is because collagen, the ...

Canadian research examines the use of grading cameras in predicting yield classes and identifying differences between ...

The World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report has noted that beef production forecast was raised from the previous month, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The February ...

A beef carcass is composed of 70 percent to 75 percent water. As it is chilled, water evaporation will cause the carcass weight to decrease. It is not uncommon for a chilled carcass to weigh two ...