Beef News

You won't have a problem finding a burger in Las Vegas, but with the average price of a burger and fries hovering around $18, it pays to have an in-the-know insider point you to the best picks.

More rain meant better grazing for cattle this past year, and that's just one of the factors that should help ranchers boost their revenue in 2014, according to an agricultural economist from Kansas State University.

The beef of a group of Sonoma and Marin county ranchers is now available under the label Mindful Meats in Bay Area independent and natural food markets.

The burger: When the new Saints ballpark opens across Broadway Street from his Heartland Restaurant & Farm Direct Market in 2015, chef Lenny Russo is going be ready.

During Padre season and Chargers football games, the place is consistently packed, but I've always been curious what factor the food plays in drawing the crowd .

The cheesesteak is one of the most well-known - and controversial - of sandwiches.

Heather Blythe tears up after her heifer took first place at the Colchester cattle market as she was sad to part with the cow.

CERTIFIED ANGUS BEEF: DNA TESTS CAN BUILD COWHERDS Dec. 6, 2013 Source: Certified Angus Beef news release Every day, bulls and breeding stock are selected with the help of genomic tools.

Big Mac vs. Quarter Pounder How does the Big Mac, with its two patties, mysterious-yet-salivating "special sauce" and American cheese stack up a single quarter-pound cheeseburger? Which is worse? Answer: Quarter Pounder with Cheese It's a close call, but the QP finishes last in this race.

"Cannibal sandwiches," an appetizer featuring raw, lean ground beef served on cocktail bread, may be a Wisconsin tradition, but they are not safe, health officials said, noting that more than a dozen people became ill after consuming them last holiday season.

This past week was one of the craziest of the year. It started last Tuesday with the opening night of "Book of Mormon" , and then on Wednesday I was lucky enough to be invited to a luncheon with the cast .

Brandi Karisch, an assistant professor of animal and dairy sciences at MSU, is the Extension beef specialist who provided technical information to develop the app at the request of Mississippi beef cattle producers.

With a toddler at home and my husband working overtime in the restaurant business, dinner out together is a rarity.

I always buy organically raised beef, when I do buy beef. I read that ground beef you get is a mixture of beef from different animals.

The bankruptcy of Aberdeen's Northern Beef Packers plant, which is set to be auctioned today in federal court, has shone a light on a federal program that allows wealthy foreign investors to buy green cards by investing money into qualified economic development programs in the United States.

Cow-calf producers should take a page from feedlot producers, says an Oklahoma State University Extension area veterinarian, and use Beef Quality Assurance practices has made a lot of progress with feedlot producers.

I FIRST COVERE D Sok Sab Bai in August of last year, when it was a cart in a lot behind a Burgerville off SE Hawthorne ["Building a Better Banh Mi," Last Supper, Aug 16, 2012].

EPA won't make a final ruling on rolling back the renewable fuel standard until spring 2014, which complicates agricultural planning November was a relatively quiet month from a market standpoint.

It's the kind of place that never wins Restaurant of the Year but serves quality food at a fair price without any kind of crowd to worry about.

Cattle management is a complex situation; the really hard part is making the complex simple.