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Mexico is watching out for the banned steroid clenbuterol — on the dinner plates of its athletes.
“Where’s the beef?” The catchy slogan could be updated to “Where’s the fresh, quality beef?” And the answer would still be the same: Wendy’s.
The market is not falling off and disappearing, but rather the market is telling the industry that beef continues to be a highly desirable meat protein.
Cattle inventory in Tennessee increased 6.4 percent to 1.83 million head while the beef cow herd increased 2.6% to 896,000 head.
A Northern California company is recalling more than 8.7 million pounds of beef products because it processed diseased and unhealthy animals without a full federal inspection, federal officials said Saturday.
During the NCBA Cattle Marketing and International Trade Committee meeting at the Cattle Industry Convention in Nashville this week, Ron Bryant, U.S. Ruminants division with Merck, recapped the five-step plan Merck developed with the cattle industry.
A Fort Worth beef processor is recalling nearly 16,000 pounds of beef products because they may be contaminated by E. coli.
Cattle quality has been on the rise in Eastern Kentucky for several years now. Beef producers have a local stockyard to sell their animals, and now there’s a place for those cattle to be processed and sold to Kentucky consumers.
A California man who tried to steal a truckload of beef from a southwest Kansas slaughterhouse was sentenced Monday to a year and a day in federal prison.
National Beef Packing Company (National Beef) today announced plans to close its beef processing facility located in Brawley, California.
How can the beef industry increase the percentage of superior carcasses?
USDA’s January Cattle on Feed report said December placements were down 0.8% while marketings were up 1.1%.
Beef exports gain momentum in most Asian markets, but decline continues in Japan.
An increasing amount of consumers want to know more about their food and are looking for local products. Beef producers have started to catch onto that trend and are seeing success in starting their own branded beef programs.
Safety protocols in place during processing and tips for ground meat safety in the home.
Most analysts and producers would say that feeder cattle and finished cattle have been somewhat undervalued the past several weeks which is likely the leading factor of prices making a small resurgence.
About 50% of the red meat we eat is in the form of hamburger.
Retailers are not heavily promoting beef at this time and will likely put more of their efforts into turkey and ham the next several weeks.
New research from K-State suggests consumers may prefer beef enhanced by important omega-3 fatty acids.
Cash cattle prices took a drubbing this week with fed cattle prices $4 to $5 lower at $144 to $145 per cwt. Dressed sales were reported $4 to $6 lower at $228 per cwt.
The up and down stock market looks to impact beef demand.
A Consumer Reports study released yesterday includes misleading information that could increase consumer confusion about food safety heading into the Labor Day weekend, say beef safety experts.
Prices are expected to moderate on calves this fall which means a lower upfront investment when purchasing calves this year relative to one year ago.
This month’s cattle on feed report noted 2.6% more cattle in 1,000 head capacity feedlots than last August 1.
Officials are working to help Denison, Iowa cope with the closing of a Tyson Foods plant there that employed about 400 people.
Consumer demand for livestock products continues to be important in determining the pressure on livestock prices in the coming months.
The summer months have resulted in softer prices for wholesale beef, finished cattle, feeder cattle, calves and slaughter cows.
The semiannual cattle inventory report from USDA confirmed that beef cow expansion is continuing.
Beef and fed cattle prices drop from last week.