Meat & Poultry

Niche marketing in local areas can be a real asset for farmers and ranchers and for the community. At The Pork Shoppe, a retail meat business established by my mother-in-law and me, we sell pork products direct from the farm to consumers via farmers markets. We also offer farm pick-up and delivery, in addition to selling our meat at a retail market and a few restaurants. …

Nolan Ryans All-Natural Beef is expanding their product line with Hickory Smoked Beef Franks. These fully-cooked all-beef franks are made from the finest beef available and are just in time for 4th of July grilling! …

A new implementation guide for applying traceability standards in the U.S. meat and poultry supply chain was announced today by the Meat and Poultry B2B Data Standards Organization (mpXML) and GS1 US. …

Cattle futures rose to an eight-week high on signs that U.S. meat processors are paying more for animals as profit gains. Hog prices jumped the most since April. …

How do you host Canada’s biggest barbecue? That was the challenge Loblaw Cos. Ltd. set for itself as it sought to own the barbecue category this summer. Would the leading supermarket operator host one big Guinness world record-breaking event? …