Flowers & Plants Association Proves Theres A Perfect Flower Or Plant For Every Mum

Not all Mums are the same. But whether your Mum is like the Queen or Marge Simpson, April 3rd is the day when you can treat her right royally and show how much you love her with a gift of flowers or plants that totally suits her personality.

Retailers Eat Some Meat Cost Increases

A simple comparison of the U.S. governments latest retail and wholesale meat price summaries shows that on average, retailers are passing on only a portion of wholesale meat prices caused by jumps in prices for live and feeder cattle and for hogs.

Northwest Premium Meats Recalls Smoked Ham, Bacon Products

March 23, 2011 USDA FSIS

Northwest Premium Meats, a Nampa, Idaho, establishment is recalling approximately 2,130 pounds of smoked ham and bacon products because they contain sodium nitrite, which is not declared on the label.

Graduate Numbers Exceed 2,000 For Beef Advocacy Program

March 23, 2011 The Beef Checkoff Program

The program, designed to equip beef and dairy producers across the country to tell their story in presentations to schools and church/civic groups, through local media and in the virtual world of the internet, was launched in March 2009. Since then, all walks of life have signed up to be a part of this unique opportunity to be engaged and active in sharing the positive story about beef.

Mississippi Oyster Reef Areas Open To Harvest

The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources opened Areas II A and II C Conditionally Approved Waters to the harvest of oysters on Saturday, March 19. This area had been closed due to rainfall amounts exceeding the management plan criteria.