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 ...

USDA meat graders will be allowed to review and grade beef carcasses remotely under a pilot program Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Friday. The Remote Grading Pilot for Beef aims to expand ...

BAKER CITY, Ore. — A new federal program for grading beef quality could add hundreds of dollars of value per head of cattle in Baker County and elsewhere. The remote grading pilot program, which ...

Beef carcasses in a meat processing plant. Legislation introduced in the House of Representatives would allow livestock auction companies to invest in small and regional processing plants. BAKER CITY ...