AMS develops and maintains official grade standards for beef carcasses, which measure factors such as meat yield, fat ...

The agency’s goals include aligning grading standards with current production practices and consumer preferences.

There was a slight increase in the number of prime beef carcasses meeting market specification in 2014, according to Eblex analysis. Latest figures suggest the number of carcasses hitting R4L or ...

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 ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. - Approximately 50 percent of the meat from a beef carcass comes from the chuck and the round and is traditionally sold at the meat counter at a lower price compared to cuts from the ...

A major meatpacker plans to introduce new technology into one of its facilities to pilot the use of vision systems and machine learning in beef carcass inspection. Tyson will deploy the technology at ...

The quality of prime British beef carcasses improved during 2013, with 3.8% more reaching the target grade of R4L or better than in 2012. According to the latest annual results from EBLEX, based on a ...

Early sperm sorting practices resulted in high cell mortality, with high costs and limited availability of quality semen.

Ground beef now makes up half of consumption as imports and heavier weights offset lower slaughter amid tight supplies.

Heavier cattle are bridging the supply gap, but the industry is testing the upper limits of "acceptable" as backfat and ribeye sizes swell.