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Checkoff, Beef Councils and Retailers Team Up for Holiday Roast Beef Promotion
It’s November and, for many state beef councils around the country, it’s beginning to look a lot like -- holiday roast time. ...
New Cuts of Beef Offer More Value
With food prices rising, beef promoters are pushing new cuts of meat to offer restaurant customers lower-priced steaks from meat that might otherwise have become hamburgers or roasts....
Kosher Meat Void in U.S.
The bankruptcy of Agriprocessors in Postville, the worlds largest Kosher abattoir, has left a massive void in the supply of Kosher meat in the United States. ...
A Look at Meat Consumption
Here's how much meat the average American consumed, by type, in 2007....
Sales Strong for McDonald's Beef
Sales rose again in the McDonald's food outlets. Recent data shows the sales have grown by 8.2% for the month of October. ...
Beef Retail Trends Update
Monthly sales and featuring summary reports continue to give you a snapshot look at beef's performance over the last month, quarter and year. The latest numbers for beef retail trends show an increase in dollars spent on meat in September 2008....
Study: Consumers Willing to Spend More on Premium Meats
Though consumers are spending less on dining out, foodservice consultants at Technomic say that many are willing to spend more on "higher quality" menu items if they include premium ingredients...
Tyson to Expand in China
Tyson Foods is now involved in three joint ventures in China, and they have also embarked on a fourth enterprise in the poultry industry, to open in 2009...
From Our Columnists
Top 5 moves for getting out of the hay-feeding rut
Whether you're out feeding in the cold or just looking out your window at cows eating hay at a cost of $2/cow/day, it should be a wake-up call for all of us...
Buy/sell margins - part III
The feeder-cattle futures market is being whipsawed by corn futures prices. Corn futures prices were in the mid-to-high $3 range early in 2007...
Planning for successful breeding
What tasks need to be done to help assure a successful breeding season this year? Let’s start with the bulls. Nationally, about 10% of all bulls fail...
