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Average U.S. animal slaughtering and processing production during the 12 months through September was up 1.9 percent from one year ago.

The American Meat Science Association (AMSA) will welcome the world's meat science community to the 66th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology and 73rd Reciprocal Meat Conference (ICoMST/RMC) Aug. 2-7, 2020, in Orlando.

If you work in the agriculture industry, it's common knowledge that less than 2 percent of the country's population works in it. Another widely recognized fact is fewer and fewer of our country’s citizens know where their food comes from — other than a grocery store.

Why not start 2020 by setting goals in several different areas to help you achieve both profitability and sustainability. Following are some areas in which you may want to consider setting goals.

Over the past decade, California's voters and legislature have supported several measures mandating changes in common meat and egg production practices with consequences that extend far beyond the state's borders.

Companies can protect themselves against many recall-related losses through the procurement of adequate recall insurance coverage; yet, procuring the right recall insurance, can be a difficult process.

Andy Hanacek returns to share his thoughts on the recent "surprise" announcement to the mainstream media that meat, in fact, might not be bad for consumers after all.

Meat science departments and animal science departments are a critical part of the meat industry.

The objective of this study was to apply eye-tracking methodology in combination with traditional self-reported measures to further understand consumer perception of beef color and marbling.

Last month, the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) published the final rule for the New Swine Slaughter Inspection System (NSIS), a rule that requires additional pathogen sampling for swine slaughter establishments and eliminates the numbers of FSIS inspectors, with a goal toward modernizing swine slaughter safety and more efficiently utilizing agency resources.