The Beef Carcase Classification and Price Reporting 2025 annual report was recently published by DAFM, looking at beef cattle ...

The ICMSA has said that questions have been raised about the grading and pricing systems operated by some beef factories.

Beef quality grades are determined by evaluating the maturity and the marbling of beef carcasses. As beef animals mature, their meat generally becomes tougher. This is because collagen, the ...

If not – updating the grid to reflect the higher value of cattle penalises the best quality cattle in favour of plainer ones, flat rate buying does so even more. In any battle of wits between a ...

ICMSA maintains that the lack of supervision of these operations at factories is likely costing farmers "millions".

USDA meat graders will be allowed to review and grade beef carcasses remotely under a pilot program Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Friday. The Remote Grading Pilot for Beef aims to expand ...

The Chairperson of ICMSA’s Livestock Committee, Michael O’Connell, has said that the publication of the 2025 Beef Carcase Classification & Price Report has raised questions that will need to be “both ...

The end of the livestock portion of the Morgan County Fair was marked by the beef carcass contest. This was the 21st year for the beef carcass contest. These events were made possible with the ...

Australia's beef industry needed to arrest its declining lean meat yield performance with increased selection pressure, University of New England meat scientist Prof Peter McGilchrist told the ...