Rose Society Of South Australia Recognizes Hybrid Tea Rose 'Elina'

April 9, 2012 Michael Keelans, Five AA

Elina is a very prolific, constantly flowering Hybrid Tea rose bred by the Dickson family (in Northern Ireland) in 1983 and released in 1984. Growing to a height of 1.75m and a width of 1.2m, Elina can produce up to 5 dozen blooms per flush. As it can have up to 5 flushes per year in our climate, each plant can produce 25 dozen roses per year – a rare feat for Hybrid Tea roses.

Indiana's Fisher Meats Wins Cured Meat Awards

Fisher Meats has again won top awards at a statewide meat competition. The company, which has a retail store at 2800 N. Walnut St. as well as its Fisher Packing Company location in Portland, competed in the Indiana Meat Packers and Processors Association's annual Hoosier Cured Meat Show. The show was held March 30-31 at Purdue University.

South Dakota Beef Plant About To Open After Years Of Delays

A long-delayed South Dakota beef-processing plant given new life when Korean investors took over in 2009 is nearly set to begin operations more than six years after it was first proposed.

Helping Consumers Understand Beef

Anne Burkholder’s list of accomplishments is an impressive one: competitive swimmer, Ivy League graduate in psychology, mother of three, and astute writer. Did we mention feedyard owner, checkoff-funded Beef Quality Assurance award winner and, most recently, up-and-coming name in the blogosphere?

Gulf Seafood Markets Report Improving Sales

April 9, 2012 Steve Phillips, WLOX

Consumers who may have shied away from gulf seafood after the BP oil spill, are apparently buying it again.