beef imports on Friday after inspectors reportedly found a recent shipment contained bone that is banned due to concerns over mad cow disease. meat from cattle less than 30 months old, partially lifting an almost three-year ban imposed on American beef after the disease was discovered in the U. Scientists believe mad cow disease spreads when farmers feed cattle recycled meat and bones from infected animals. Rib meat is used to make galbi, a popular dish of marinated meat barbecued at...

Today's higher prices for feed corn, fueled by increased ethanol production, are causing livestock producers to supplant more of their animals' diets with fat. Christensen said he's already noticed traditional consumers of fat, from chemical companies to livestock feeders, tightening the reins on an already slim commodity. Griffin Industries, a rendering facility near Cincinnati, built its own biodiesel plant in 1997 as a way to create a new market for its fats and greases, said Rick...

consumers to a fatal disease linked to eating meat contaminated with mad cow disease, increase the risk that U. Eating meat products contaminated with mad cow disease, known scientifically as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE, has been linked to more than 150 human deaths, mostly in Britain, from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Agriculture Department cannot comment on a pending lawsuit, but the rules promote fair trade consistent with current scientific knowledge, USDA...

It should be noted that these figures represent not all USDA rural development programs, but 18 rural economic and community development grant programs that USDA has categorized together. Department of Agriculture spent more than five times as much in farm program payments to Kansas' 20 biggest farm subsidy recipients as it spent supporting rural development in the 20 Kansas counties suffering the greatest population loss. But they constitute a region in economic and demographic distress,...

shearer@onlineathens.com . Story updated at 11:11 PM on Monday, October 15, 2007 A project to empower agriculture officials to respond quickly to serious animal disease outbreaks still is little more than a paper plan nearly four years after it was proposed. shearer@onlineathens.com . Story updated at 11:11 PM on Monday, October 15, 2007 A project to empower agriculture officials to respond quickly to serious animal disease outbreaks still is little more than a paper plan nearly four years...

If it doesn t reopen, farmers say it could damage the local food network, drive up poultry prices because of increased transportation and push small farms out of business. Department of Agriculture during the processing in order to sell it in grocery stores and farmers markets. Burt, 65, stood in the break room of her small poultry processing plant in Utica last week, her plastic smock surprisingly clean after processing 1,250 chickens and 50 turkeys. The demand for locally grown chickens...