Less meat may be headed to dinner plates in the coming months. The nation's production of beef, pork and lamb fell last month amid the global economic downturn and a continuing drought in parts of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cows eating hay and soy-based feed. United Soybean Board/Flickr, CC BY The world’s population is growing, and so is the challenge ...

The latest cattle on feed report indicated the number of cattle and calves on feed headed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.2 ...

A parasitic pest moving north through Mexico has halted that traffic, however. Officials for the U.S. Department of Agriculture are concerned that the New World screwworm could spread to the U.S.

(THE CONVERSATION) The world’s population is growing, and so is the challenge of feeding everyone. Current projections indicate that by 2050, global food demand could increase by 59%-98% above current ...