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Better Beef Sales: Beef Up Knowledge At The Meat Case

The National Cattlemen's Beef Association(NCBA) and the Beef Checkoff Program partnered with Merck Animal Health to launch Better Beef Sales, a new web-based retail training program to help boost knowledge about today’s beef and how it’s produced.

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Dec. 27, 2012

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2012 Food Trends To Watch

2011 brought us higher food prices at unprecedented levels, crops and livestock destroyed by global weather catastrophes, nations at war over the lack of food supplies and more food recalls from unique points of origin....More
Feb. 8, 2012

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Look Ahead | Eyes On Weather And Wholesale Beef Value

Heading into this week, traders will be likely focusing on real and perceived impacts of the weekend winter storm and the continued standoff between packers and retailers....More
Feb. 8, 2012

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Five Colleges Of Veterinary Medicine Form Regional Consortium

Five prominent colleges of veterinary medicine located in the western U.S. recently convened to create the Consortium of Western Regional Colleges of Veterinary Medicine. The consortium was formed to collaborate in the advancement of initiatives critical to the future of the veterinary profession....More
Feb. 8, 2012

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Reaching Out To Meat Hipsters 5

A 2009 survey for the Vegetarian Resource Group reported that 1% of Americans identified themselves as vegan, for health, environmental, ethical and, most likely, political reasons. Add a few more percentage points to the group of folks who consider themselves vegetarians. While there are many people who successfully follow a vegan or vegetarian lifestyle, there are an increasing number of ex-vegans and vegetarians...More
Feb. 7, 2012

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Super Bowl XLVI And Agriculture 1

Whether you turned on the tube Sunday evening to watch the football game, catch the advertisements or watch NBC’s “The Voice” following Super Bowl XLVI, there’s a good bet you enjoyed the evening with friends, family and food....More
Feb. 7, 2012

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Bill Gates Speaks Out On Need For Money, Innovation In Ag Research

Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and one of the richest men in the world, highlighted the relative lack of money devoted to agricultural innovation and research in his annual letter outlining the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s 2012 priorities. The foundation was founded by the Gates’ in 1994 and is now the world’s largest philanthropic organization. Guided by the philosophy that every life has equal value, the foundation spends the majority of its funds on global health and development projects, both of which are intimately tied to agriculture....More
Jan. 27, 2012

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Meeting The Challenge In Product Quality

“For beef, the number-one driver is still product quality. When everybody asks consumers what drives purchases, it’s the one that comes out on top.” And, for most consumers, taste is what drives the determination of a quality product, says Daryl Tatum, Colorado State University meats scientist. So how are we doing? Is the beef industry delivering the product that consumers expect?...More
Jan. 24, 2012

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Beef For February’s American Heart Health Month 1

Did you know February is American Heart Health Month? This is perfect timing to help spread the good word that beef is the perfect addition to a heart-healthy diet. The “Beef in an Optimal Lean Diet” (BOLD) study, which was published in December's American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, continues to make headlines....More
Jan. 18, 2012

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Burger King Tries Home Delivery

Burger King, the No. 2 burger chain, has quietly begun testing home delivery of its burgers, fries and other sandwiches since fall at four of its restaurants in the greater Washington, D.C. area, with an eye on expanding beyond that....More
Jan. 17, 2012

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U.S. Importing More Food

America's insatiable desire to chomp on overseas food has been growing....More

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