Month: August 2014

ROI Study Shows $11.20 Return On Checkoff Dollar

August 4, 2014 The Beef Checkoff Program

In the most comprehensive study ever rendered about the Return on Investment (ROI) of beef checkoff assessments, Dr. Harry Kaiser of Cornell University concludes that each dollar invested in the Beef Checkoff Program between 2006 and 2013 returned about $11.20 to the beef industry. …

Soaring Pork Prices Driving Maple Leaf Foods Customers Away

August 4, 2014 Eric Atkins, The Globe and Mail

Prices for some meat products have been rising as much as 26 per cent lately and on Thursday, Canada’s largest meat processor, Maple Leaf Foods Inc., said sales of sausages, bacon and other products fell by double digits. The company had been jacking up prices for its Schneiders, Shopsy’s and other brands in response to rising pig prices, but sales of those products are now falling. …

Beef Checkoff Sizzles In Atlantic City

August 4, 2014 The Beef Checkoff Program

Beef topics sizzled on the Boardwalk at the Atlantic City Food and Wine Festival in Atlantic City July 25-27, thanks to a national checkoff partnership with the South Dakota Beef Industry Council and Roseda Farm. …

Budding Prospects For Cut Flower Grower

August 4, 2014 Robert Walch, The Salinas Californian

Walking through his firm’s greenhouse complex west of Watsonville on San Andreas Road, Robert Kitayama explained how his family’s business evolved and succeeded when other cut flower nurseries failed. …

October 1 Deadline For AFE's Paid Floriculture & Horticulture Internships

August 4, 2014 American Floral Endowment (AFE)

The deadline is Oct. 1 for online applications for the American Floral Endowment (AFE) Vic & Margaret Ball Intern Scholarship Program and the Mosmiller Intern Scholarship Program. …