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• Poultry recall raises inspection concerns Play Video

  August 7, 2011 7:55 PM

  The US Department of Agriculture announced it would implement a program to trace back to the source of contaminated meat., on Wednesday, the same day Cargill Meat Solutions announced the second largest meat recall in history. Two men who work with in the industry say the USDA announcement should have... more »

• USDA & Northern Cheyenne to break ground on water project

  June 9, 2011 6:43 PM

  LAME DEER - USDA Rural Development will join Northern Cheyenne Tribal President Leroy Spang next week to officially break ground on a water project to provide potable water service to a neighborhood just west of Lame Deer. When it's complete, the project will provide fresh water from the existing Lame... more »

• Tester, USDA deputy secretary talk small business

  March 26, 2011 11:35 PM

  BILLINGS - A tour of part of Montana took one of the top administrators in the US Department of Agriculture across part of the state today. Senator Jon Tester invited Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan to make one of her stops at Good Earth Market in Billings Saturday. She talked with... more »

• USDA: Farmers can plant genetically modified beets

  February 5, 2011 12:30 AM

  DES MOINES, IA - Genetically modified sugar beets designed to withstand the weedkiller Roundup can be planted under strict conditions with no threat to the environment and other plants, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday in a decision anxiously awaited by farmers. The agency's Animal and Plant Health Inspection... more »

• USDA releases new dietary guidelines; caution consumers to watch their salt intake

  February 2, 2011 12:54 AM

  The U.S. Department of Agriculture releases its new dietary guidelines, with a word of caution - you may want to shake the salt right out of your diet. The dietary guidelines are updated every five years and this time around, the USDA recommends that those over the age of... more »

• USDA will allow planting of modified alfalfa

  January 28, 2011 1:00 AM

  WASHINGTON - The Agriculture Department is allowing widespread planting of genetically modified alfalfa, attempting to bring to a close a lengthy legal and regulatory process in which organic producers attempted to curtail the use of the modified crop. The decision announced Thursday is a blow to the organic foods... more »

• What's the Buzz: What's the beef? Taco Bell under pressure

  January 26, 2011 7:11 AM

  Beef or not beef? That is the question. A law firm in Alabama has filed a class-action lawsuit against fast food chain Taco Bell, claiming that the meat they serve is not technically beef. In fact, the lawsuit claims, the "taco meat filling" contains only about 35% beef,... more »

• Homestead Pasta Company recalls tamale products

  January 6, 2011 11:50 PM

  SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco-based pasta company on Thursday began pulling thousands of pounds of its frozen meat and poultry tamale products from stores because they contain an allergan that is not listed on the label. Homestead Pasta Company is recalling approximately 144,633 pounds of the frozen meat and... more »

• USDA to provide $30M for sage grouse protection

  December 6, 2010 4:58 PM

  CASPER, Wyo. - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is boosting funding to protect sage grouse and sage grouse habitat in 11 Western states. This will be the second year of the Natural Resources Conservation Service Sage Grouse Initiative. Up to $30 million will go to the states where sage... more »

• USDA investigating cattle brokerage for issuing $131 million in bad checks to ranchers

  November 18, 2010 6:32 PM

  INDIANAPOLIS - One of the nation's largest cattle brokerages is under investigation after federal regulators said the Indiana company left ranchers nationwide hanging for as much as $130 million, U.S. Department of Agriculture officials said Thursday. Eastern Livestock Co. wrote checks totaling about $81 million to buy cattle this month... more »

• New USDA rule will trace E. coli back to source, Miles City man says this will help small meat processors

  October 18, 2010 1:20 AM

  A former meat packer in Miles City says a recently released US Department of Agriculture (USDA) policy, will keep consumers safer from buying meat products with E-coli . The USDA's Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) will require inspectors to record information on source materials and suppliers when sampling round beef... more »

• Montana Cattlemen praise USDA for dropping Animal ID system

  February 6, 2010 7:36 PM

  FORSYTH, Mont. - The Montana Cattlemen's Association says it's pleased with the U.S. Department of Agriculture dropping the National Animal Indentifcation System (NAIS) in favor of a new plan. "This reversal of policy is refreshing," said Montana Cattlemen's Association Vice President and Animal ID Chaif Hugh Broadus of Forsyth. "We... more »

• USDA drops Animal ID system, announces new plan

  February 5, 2010 11:49 PM

  WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday it has abandoned a program that was intended to trace the movement of farm animals around the country but garnered little support from farmers. Instead, the department announced plans for a new, more flexible program to be administered by... more »

• Farmers wait for sugar beet ruling

  January 29, 2010 12:28 AM

  Sugar beet farmers are anxiously awaiting a March hearing to determine if they can plant Roundup Ready sugar beet seeds. A decision could halt production for as many as 95 percent of sugar beet operations nationwide. Farmers have been using the genetically modified seeds for two years. The sugar beets... more »

• Ranchers comment on USDA brucellosis plan

  January 3, 2010 8:15 PM

  Some ranchers say the USDA wants to change a successful brucellosis plan that started in 1934. "The USDA wants to radically change that program in order to gain greater control over the states and over the cattle producers in those states," said Bill Bullard, R-CALF USA CEO. Bullard says brucellosis... more »