Meat & Poultry

R-CALF USA contends tougher commodity trading rules are key to making markets work.
While dairy industry leaders across the country seem to be uniting behind the need for daily electronic reporting of product sale prices and volume, the beef industry has been disappointed with it’s results. …

Lamb accounts for less than half of 1 percent of fresh meat sales in the United States, and about one-third of consumers have never tasted it. Hoping to encourage more home cooks like Smith and more sales the American Lamb Board is shaking up the meat’s old-fashioned image in North America as a gamey, gray dish priced only for special occasions. …

In April, the New York Beef Industry Council, along with industry partners, hosted a New York Veal/Dairy Tour 2010. The tour was made possible with funding by the beef checkoff through a grant from the Federation Initiative Fund of the Federation of State Beef Councils. …

The Power of Meat explores shopper perceptions, attitudes and behaviors regarding meat and poultry. …

Year after year, the media is ready to report and consumers and ready to believe the latest food scare story. This years scare story is already beginning to simmer and promises to boil over this summer. This summers big food story will be the price of meat, particularly the price of beef. …