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What's Driving Food Prices?
In July 2008, crude oil prices were at record levels, as were most agricultural commodity prices. ...
Cargill Launches “Feed The Whole Family For $10” Promo
With research indicating 65% of households of 4+ people changing their grocery shopping patterns due to economic pressures, and 71% of consumers cooking more at home and eating out less, Cargill is rolling out a new promotional program called “Feed the Whole Family for $10.”...
FSIS Issues Notice on Alternative Methods for Ensuring 12 Percent Lean Tissue in Trimmings
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued Notice 17-09: Alternative Methods for Ensuring 12 Percent Lean Tissue in Meat Trimmings, which reissues the information in FSIS Notice 15-07....
Study Finds Consumers Changing How They Shop During Hard Economic Times
The fourth edition of the Power of Meat, a joint study by the American Meat Institute and the Food Marketing Institute, finds that the recession is being felt throughout the grocery store, and especially in the meat department. ...
Consumers Love Beef! Reap the Rewards!
How will producers capture extra dollars during these volatile times? ...
Beef Cutout Comparisons
As directed under Mandatory Price Reporting (MPR), USDA’s Ag Marketing Service (AMS) introduced the weekly National Comprehensive Boxed Beef Cutout Report in 2002....
Understanding Beef Demand
Beef demand is an often misunderstood concept; it is somewhat nebulas. ...
Vilsack Encourages Voluntary Expansion of COOL Rule
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a press release today stating that the final rule for mandatory country of origin labeling, published in January 2009, will go into effect on March 16, as scheduled. ...
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Advocate or Perish
"While the affluent nations can certainly afford to adopt ultra low-risk positions toward new advances in agricultural science and technology, and pay...
Don't Market Like 2008
Many ranchers' first inclination in marketing their 2009 calves is to base it on their 2008 calf crop experiences. That could be a serious mistake...
No Silver Bullet
I was so impressed with Richard Roth's letter to the editor that I thought it deserved some follow-up...























