Month: March 2012

Certified Angus Beef Premiums At Seven-Year High

March 7, 2012 Certified Angus Beef® Brand

Demand for the Certified Angus Beef® (CAB®) brand surged higher in 2011, which helps explain a 40% jump in packer-reported CAB grid premiums. Licensed packers paid owners of CAB-accepted finished cattle $32.3 million last year, compared to almost $23 million in 2010, according to February reports. That does not include related premiums paid for Choice and Prime grades. …

Early Registration Opens for American Meat Science Association’s Reciprocal Meat Conference

March 7, 2012 The American Meat Science Association

The American Meat Science Association (AMSA) is excited to announce that registration is open for the AMSA 65th Reciprocal Meat Conference (RMC), to be held June 17-20, 2012, at North Dakota State University in Fargo, ND. AMSA, the foremost association of meat science professionals, produces this conference. …

In Canada, Cod Remain Scarce Despite Ban

March 7, 2012 David Abel, Boston Globe

After years of overfishing, changing sea temperatures, and mismanagement, the olive-backed, spotted fish known as the northern cod virtually vanished. In the summer of 1992, as boat after boat returned to this windswept land with empty nets, Canadian officials did something once unthinkable: They banned fishing cod. The ban has yet to be lifted, and 20 years later the cod have failed to rebound, despite predictions that the moratorium would revive the stock after a few years. …

Verlasso Continues West Coast Expansion

March 7, 2012 Verlasso

Verlasso™, the world's first provider of harmoniously raised fish, continues its rollout on the west coast by expanding its market presence through the launch of its harmoniously raised salmon with Berkeley Bowl, Berkeley area's leading independent, full-service supermarket of natural and organic foods. Verlasso initially launched its direct to consumer sales via FreshDirect in New York City in September 2011, and through Zupan's Markets in Portland, Oregon in November 2011. Berkeley is the third premier market to carry the harmoniously raised salmon. …

Norwegians Seek New Markets For Salmon Amid Low Prices

March 7, 2012 Kjetil Malkenes Hovland, Dow Jones Newswires

Norwegian fish farmers are trying to find new markets for their salmon, as a recent ramp-up in global production–especially at formerly disease-ridden salmon farms in Chile–reduced prices and hurt the industry's profits in the second half of 2011. …