AMI Spring Expo Offers Diverse Lineup Of Education Sessions

The 2011 Meat, Poultry & Seafood Convention and Exposition, to be held April 13-16, 2011, at McCormick Place, Chicago, Ill., will feature more than 25 education sessions taught by leading experts, including many meat industry peers.

Lamb Follows Turkey’s Lead, Makes Holiday Meals Easy

February 4, 2011 Superior Farms

Superior Farms hopes to entice Americans to try lamb for the first time this Easter with a cook-in-the-bag leg of lamb. Using new packaging technology, new flavors and demonstrations and samples across the country, the company aims to show that lamb is easy and delicious.

Hawarden Lamb Plant Cuts 32 Jobs

Blaming falling livestock supplies in the region, Superior Farms last week cut 32 jobs at its lamb slaughter and processing plant in Hawarden.

Fourth Annual National Retail Beef Backer Award Winners Announced

February 4, 2011 The Beef Checkoff Program

While the four winners of this year’s Retail Beef Backer Awards cover the span of the nation, there’s one thing they all have in common: their love for beef. The 2010 Retail Beef Backer Award winners; Broulim’s, Sentry Foods, Harris Teeter and HAC Inc., were honored today at the 2011 Cattle Industry Annual Convention & NCBA Trade Show.

Blooming Bromeliads Lure In Butterflies And Hummingbirds

Until recently, they were only popular with a small segment of houseplant enthusiasts. Today, bromeliads are prized tropical treasures in many Southwest Florida landscapes and public and private gardens. Featuring a wide range of colors, leaf shapes and textures, bromeliads are as beautiful as they are hardy. If youre looking for beautiful, exotic-looking tropical plants that are easy to care for and drought tolerant, look no further than bromeliads.