The USDA Choice/Select spread is a traditional barometer of the payoff for premium beef. In recent years though, that boxed-beef price spread has varied from $15 per hundredweight to barely positive, leading to questions about whether it pays to aim for quality. …
From all evidence, the market for beef, pork, lamb, bison, and venison raised in idyllic conditions is rising steadily with meat (along with fish and poultry) among the fastest growing components of the overall organic food market over the last decade, according to market research publisher Packaged Facts in the report Branded Refrigerated Meats and Meals: U.S. Market Trends. …
Subsequent to adoption of the new 2016-2020 Beef Industry Long Range Plan during the 2015 Cattle Industry Summer Conference in Denver last week, the national Beef Checkoff Program transitioned its committee structure to reflect the consumer demand drivers critical to the success of that long range plan. …
Artificial flowers just become clutter in a corner, on a shelf or as a center piece. Doesn’t this defeat the whole purpose of flowers? Real flowers need a little attention, but give back a huge amount of personality, color and cheer. …
Joyce Mason-Monheim AIFD, CFD, PFCI of Designer Destination in Tucson, Ariz. was installed as President of the American Institute of Floral Designers (AIFD) during the organization's 2015 National Symposium held in Denver, June 30-July 4. She succeeds Tim Farrell AIFD, CFD, AAF, PFCI of Farrell’s Florist in Drexel Hill, Pa. as the volunteer leader of the floral industry's leading organization in design education. …
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