World-class long jumper Jarrion Lawson’s four-year ban from competition was overturned because the beef he ate was called “contaminated” by a three-judge panel. Science says the judges were wrong.
A New Zealand beef company launches an aggressive campaign designed to court American consumers. Touting the attributes many consumers say they desire, Silver Fern Farms provides a glimpse of your foreign competition.
Cattle markets will continue to be influenced by uncertainties from coronavirus, and the sharp selloff in financial markets. The DOW closed the week with a 1,985-point gain (9.4%), the DOW’s largest ever one-day gain.
Market researchers say sales of shelf-stable food items such as fruit snacks, dried beans and energy drinks jumped in the week ended Feb. 22 as the corona virus began to spread.
In his State of the Rural Economy testimony before Congress this week, Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue said USDA is working to develop a voluntary label for beef products that will conform to WTO regulations.
The world’s largest potential market for beef seems to be shrinking under the strain of the cornonavirus as the government locked down cities for weeks and enforced wide-scale quarantines.
Cash fed cattle traded in the South mostly $1 higher at $120 live. Cattle traded in the North at $119 to $120 live and $190 dressed, steady to $1 higher.
The U.S. has reopened its market to fresh Brazilian beef exports effective immediately, according to Brazilian Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias. NCBA opposes the resumption of trade.
