Ground beef consumption in the United States accounts for over half of total beef consumption and is included in a variety of products from tacos to chili to hamburgers (Greene 2012; National Cattlemen’s Beef Association 2009, 2012; Peel, 2012). The importance of ground beef to U.S. consumers is...

There is widespread evidence that the use of somatotropin or growth hormone to improve milk and pork production is safe. An independent committee appointed by The National Institutes of Health concluded that, "The evidence clearly indicates that the overall composition and nutritional quality of...

Three major problems emerge from the debate about public grazing policy: (1) range land quality continues to deteriorate despite over a half century of federal effort to protect and rehabilitate public lands; (2) current stewardship of public range lands is inconsistent with multiple use...