Meatless USDA Says Livestock "Wastes Resources" As if having a secretary who seemlingly plans to jawbone the markets into believing that the July WASDE still assures a record corn crop isn't unsettling enough to livestock produers, then USDA's recent intra-Department newsletter might be. The "Greening Headquarters Update" stated that "one simple way to reduce our environmental impace while dining at our cafeteria is to participate in the 'Meatless Monday' initiative." The invitation to meatlessness was part of an effort to combat global warming, which the USDA memo claims is generated in large part by livestock production.It must just be coincidence then that we have the smallest cattle herd in 60 years, chicken and turkey flocks down,...