Beef Industry News and Views
THE two problems facing beef producers in the coming decades have the same answer – greater efficiency. That the message from Duncan Pullar, research and development manager at the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB). He examined the likely impact of the global requirement to reduce the carbon footprint of the cattle business yet meet [...]
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A Miami meat company is recalling more than 6,000 pounds of frozen Honduran beef that may have been contaminated by animal drugs, according to information provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced on Wednesday that Northwestern Meat, Inc. was recalling cases of “C&D” brand boneless beef that [...]
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An Ohio-based meat company has recalled an unknown amount of beef products that may contain spinal cord and vertebral column, which under state and federal regulations must be removed from beef from cattle over 30 months of age due to the potential for the infective agent that causes Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). Valley Farm Meats [...]
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By EVAN RAMSTAD/ WSJ SEOUL—The U.S. and South Korea over the weekend finally finished reshaping a sweeping free-trade agreement that had been stuck in legislative limbo since 2007, making compromises that drew some political criticism here over fairness but not enough to harm the likelihood of ratification. Trade Minister Kim Jong-hoon, in a nationally televised [...]
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By Kim Tong-hyung South Korea and the United States will resume talks this week to attempt a breakthrough in their long-stalled free trade agreement (FTA), government officials said. The negotiations are likely to be challenging, however, as the countries have been struggling to find a middle ground on outstanding issues involving auto trade and beef. [...]
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ETHETE — Dreams of buffalo have arisen on the Wind River Indian Reservation of central Wyoming, reaching like long shadows down to the banks of the Big Wind River. On the other side, a band of people waits. In 1889, a Paiute prophet saw buffalo returning, and spread the good news among Northern Arapahos and [...]
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Livestock Producers Fear GIPSA Rule’s Vagueness and Unintended Consequences By National Cattlemen’s Beef Association FORT COLLINS (Aug. 27, 2010) – Beef and pork producers rallied against USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration’s (GIPSA) proposed federal rule on the buying and selling of livestock at a public meeting held in Fort Collins, Colo., Aug. 27. [...]
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Livestock producers are facing a giant hurdle, one that could drastically change the beef industry: A new rule proposed by the United State Department of Agricultural (USDA) Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA). The rule would change a couple of keys features in the industry. The first is that this rule would make it [...]
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By Alyse Shorland, CNN STORY HIGHLIGHTS Native American farmers say USDA loan practices were discriminatory Recent African-American farmers’ settlement gives them hope their lawsuit will be settled Lawyers say Native American farmers need government loans to sustain their businesses USDA official: “We want to put this behind us and focus on the future” Porter Holder [...]
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USDA has released a new rule defining what constitutes an “unreasonable preference,” which is clearly prohibited by the Packers and Stockyards Act. Meatpackers have given huge volume-based premiums to the largest hog and cattle producers for decades, helping them drive smaller, family farm and ranch livestock producers out of business. USDA has been lackluster in [...]
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