"The mantra “cows are good” is repeated so often that it has attained cult status, even among many conservation groups—who should know better." "Eating meat (domestic livestock), particularly beef, has one of the biggest environmental impacts on the planet." "Livestock are the reason bison and wolves are killed outside of national parks"

"Feeding grain to cattle has got to be one of the dumbest ideas in the history of western civilization."So begins the examination of grain-fed versus grass-fed beef by John Robbins, author of the Pulitzer-nominated book ‘Diet for a New America‘, as well as the updated ‘Food Revolution‘ and ‘Healthy at 100‘.

5.7 million pounds of beef distributed by United Food Group may be infected with E. coli. The beef bears sell-by dates from April 6-April 20; though the beef won't be found on supermarket shelves, it might still be in your freezer.

The Agriculture Department tests fewer than 1 percent of slaughtered cows for the disease, which can be fatal to humans who eat tainted beef. A beef producer in the western state of Kansas, Creekstone Farms Premium Beef, wants to test all of its cows. Larger meat companies feared that move

Les Schwab, who built a tire retail empire from the ground up, died at age 89 in his home in Prineville, Oregon. His company, which drives over a billion dollars in sales a year, is best known for its annual "Free Beef" promotion each February. Les Schwab Tire Centers operates 410 stores in eight western states.

Beef is the culinary name for meat from bovines, especially domestic cattle. Beef is one of the principal meats used in the Cuisine of Australia, European cuisine and cuisine of the Americas, and is also important in Africa, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. In the Middle East, lamb is usually preferred over beef. Beef is taboo for Hindus and is not eaten by the Hindu population in India. It is also discouraged among some Buddhists.Beef can be cut into steaks, pot roasts or short ribs, or it can be ground. The blood is also used in some varieties of blood sausage. Other beef varieties include the tongue, which is usually sliced for sandwiches in Western cooking; tripe from the stomach; various glands—particularly the pancreas and thymus—referred to as sweetbreads; the heart, the brain, the liver, the kidneys; and the tender testicles of the bull popularly known as "calf fries", "prairie oysters", or "Rocky Mountain oysters." Beef bones are essential for making certain varieties of soup stock.The better cuts are usually obtained from the steer; the heifer tends to be kept for breeding. Older animals are used for beef when they are past their reproductive prime. The meat from older cows and bulls is usually tougher, so it is frequently used for mince (UK)/ground beef (US). Cattle raised for beef may be allowed to roam free on grasslands, or may be confined at some stage in pens as part of a large feeding operation called a feedlot, where they are usually fed grain.The United States, Brazil, Japan and the People's Republic of China are the world's four largest consumers of beef. The worlds largest exporters of beef are Australia, Brazil, Argentina and Canada. Beef production is also important to the economies of Uruguay, Nicaragua, Russia and Mexico.