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A Dutch court has sentenced a meat processor to 30 months imprisonment for a massive fraud operation in which he illicitly sold horse meat as more expensive beef.
The spring cattle market rally was beginning to bloom this week, with yearling feeder cattle trading firm to $5 higher and instances of $6 to $8 higher.
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. may be ready to strike a big deal, and it has the means to do it.
Retail beef prices were record high for the third consecutive month during February.
Environment and feed availability key factors to increase
Perhaps more than ever, the money in the beef business is in the marbling.
A meat packing company in Tucson, Ariz., is recalling more than 2,100 pounds of roast beef due to misbranding.
Natural and organic beef market share has been increasing over the past few decades.
Beef’s getting better, to judge by the uptrend in quality grades and resurgent consumer demand. However, an increasing share of that demand has been for ground beef – and an average pound of that versatile staple now sells for more than $4.
Cattle prices have set records for the past five years in a row, and that has increased prices at the meat case, says University of Missouri Extension agricultural economist Ron Plain.