Different Food Fish Can Cause Different Allergies

Food allergies are evidently much more specific than previously assumed. More precise tests may allow allergy sufferers more freedom of food choice in the future. This is the result of studies carried out by the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), the University of Leipzig and the Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen.

Daunting Calculus For Maine Shrimpers As Entire Season Is Lost

Regulators recently closed the 2014 Gulf of Maine shrimping season — which, in a normal year, might have run from December through the spring — to give the supply time to recover.

Alaska Seafood Prepared Foods Challenge Winner

The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) is delighted to announce the winners of the inaugural Alaska Seafood Prepared Foods Challenge. Designed to celebrate both National Seafood Month and the retail culinary professionals who prepare delicious, healthy food for legions of busy shoppers every day, the challenge ran from October 1-31, 2012 and was open to all U.S. retail chefs. Chefs were invited to submit original, retail-friendly recipes featuring wild Alaska seafood for a chance to win a $500 gift card or the grand prize voyage to the 49th state.

Beef Checkoff Program Announces Facebook Photo Contest Winners

January 3, 2014 The Beef Checkoff Program

Your Beef Checkoff Program would like to send a sincere THANK YOU for the submissions and participation in our Cattle Ranching in Focus photo contest last month. We are just overwhelmed by the superb quality of all of the entries, and are proud to represent you and your beef story.

Hog Inventory Declines Across US

The number of hogs on Iowa and U.S. farms as of December 1 has declined, according to the latest USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service Hogs and Pigs Report.