Drovers Editors

Contact the Beef Today editorial staff: Kim Watson Potts, Editor e-mail kwatson@farmjournal.com Steve Cornett, Editor Emeritus e-mail: scornett@farmjournal.com Sara Brown, Livestock and Production Editor e-mail: sbrown@farmjournal.com

Latest Stories
Beef tacos, spicy miso chicken, cottage pie, cabbage rolls, chicken coconut curry, Swedish meatballs – all recipes from around the globe with a focus on meat. But as the consumer mindset continues to shift for food to incorporate into healthy lifestyles, the demand for meat substitutes is projected to increase.
Japan opens beef trade; conversely, trade barriers and other obstacles seem to be emerging at a rather alarming rate in 2013.
Labeling would require the origin designations to include information about where each of the production steps occurred.
The first month of 2013 offered a mix of good news and challenges for exports of U.S. beef and pork during January
The World Trade Organization Appellate Body upholds earlier findings that U.S. mandatory country-of-origin labeling violates trade agreement.
Exports of U.S. pork, beef and lamb set new records across the board in 2011.
That’s good news for protein producers, since foodservice sales represent a large portion of beef, pork and poultry purchases.
The World Trade Organization sides with Canada and Mexico in a complaint against the U.S. mandatory country of origin labeling.
President Obama signs the Free Trade Agreements approved by Congress last week, and all that’s left is implementation.
USDA offers a 30-day extension on the comment period for the proposed rule on animal disease traceability.