Meat & Poultry

Dr. Gary Smith, distinguished agricultural professor at Colorado State University, recently spoke with industry representatives during the beef checkoffs 2010 Innovative Beef Symposium in Denver. Dr. Smith says, If you do what youve always done, youll get what youve always gotten. He also says what we have to do in the beef industry is innovate. …

Here are a sampling of pricing tools from The Beef Checkoff Program. …

The first known U.S. outbreak linked to a rare strain of E. coli in ground beef is prompting a fresh look at tougher regulations to protect the nation’s meat supply. …

If you want to kick up your barbecue several notches, grass-fed Wagyu beef is now in the market. …

Mark Lauritzen of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union told the media and the workshop that consolidation in the meat packing industry is not as important an issue as consolidation at the retail grocery level led by Wal-Mart. …