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National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson said that ongoing conversations about how to improve the beef checkoff have again failed to lead to greater producer comfort with how the checkoff is handled.

The United States Cattlemen’s Association announced an official decision to not sign the Checkoff Memorandum of Understanding as presented to industry leaders through the Beef Checkoff Enhancement Working Group.

Winter weather has been a factor in beef and cattle prices lately, but it didn’t keep the market down for boxed beef this week.

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.

The meat market for 2015 looks to be interesting.

Beef producers are meeting the demands of modern beef production and can look forward to future decades with optimism.

Beef industry members will be offered a full menu of global perspectives at Beef: Its Future at Alltech REBELation, May 17-20 in Lexington, Ky.

A southern Arizona meat distributor is recalling more than 50,000 pounds of pork and beef because they were mislabeled.