Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) spoke at the R-CALF Convention in Rapid City last week, addressing the years-long battle of mandatory country of origin labeling (MCOOL). Since 2019, South Dakota's ...

U.S. consumers assume the United States always leads the world in safety issues. For example, they expect federal regulations will ensure the trustworthiness of the food and medicines they buy.

A photograph of a meat label shortly before the stricter 2013 regulations went into effect. (Photo by Robert Couse-Baker via Flickr CC BY 2.0) Mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) is back on ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - As the debate over importing beef from Argentina continues, another question is rising: Where does the beef on your plate come from? Which package of beef would ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Independent ...

Right now, country of origin labeling (COOL) is in jeopardy in the farm bill conference. We know that some conferees intend to introduce an amendment shortly that will gut or repeal U.S. COOL. If this ...

Although the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday defeated an amendment regarding country-of-origin labeling for meat, there may be a second bite at the apple coming. If the issue is revisited, ...

Will Republican control of the House of Representatives get U.S. trade policy back on track? Rep. Adrian Smith (R-Neb.), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, says it could. In particular, ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Independent Cattlemen of Missouri made it clear Tuesday why they are independent: special interests have clouded the meat industry and made it more difficult for Missourians ...