BEEF
For the second consecutive month, August export value for U.S. beef and pork increased year-over-year despite declines in volume.
Beef and total red meat production continues to slide.
U.S. pork and beef exports maintained their strong momentum in May.
Tighter supplies of cattle and hogs combined with improved domestic demand are keeping prices high.
Challenges in the beef and pork industry have led to higher retail prices.
Six consumers shared their meat purchasing habits, including how much price, taste, appearance, animal welfare, antibiotics and labeling claims matter during the opening session of the Animal Ag Alliance’s Summit.
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The food giant won dismissal of a lawsuit claiming misleading advertising, but not before revealing what goes into its products.
U.S. red meat exports had a strong finish to the third quarter, according to data compiled by USDA agencies (Foreign Agriculture Service and the Economic Research Service).
More Brazilian fresh beef, pork and poultry is headed to China, thanks to a new partnership announced between JBS S.A. and China’s WH Group, a publicly traded Chinese meat and food processing company.
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To help support California food bank’s efforts to meet demand for protein during a difficult fire season, Cargill donated nearly 50,000 pounds of beef to local families in California.
Newsflash: According to a brand-new study, ‘high cheese’ isn’t just for fastballs anymore. Now it’s the latest recommendation to protect against the ill effects of diets too high in sodium.
Record kill weights for hogs created more product.
Indiana lawmakers chose to hold off on a bill that would limit local governments’ control over large livestock farms Monday and instead replaced it with a proposal for further research on how existing local ordinances impact Indiana farms.
South Dakota livestock producers last year had a much better financial year than in 2012.
Beef exports hit their highest level of the year.
On the other hand, weekly corn and soybean export sales were on the light side.
Old-crop corn sales notched a marketing-year low, while beef exports hit a marketing-year high.
USDA’s Cold Storage Report showed beef and pork stocks were higher at the end of April than anticipated
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Group says much of the strength in first quarter beef shipments were due to a dip in the Australian cattle cycle.
Old-crop cotton export sales notched a marketing-year low, but new-crop sales were solid.
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