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Is the beef industry ready – and willing – to use extra forage if more producers add it to their rotation?
More feedlots, packing plants may fail
Successful forage-finished beef entrepreneurs share marketing strategies at Ag Days
Retail-level profits for 30-month-old beef more than double that of 18-month-old beef
New rules call for more timely and detailed reporting of problems and labels to let consumers know when meat has been mechanically tenderized
Almost a year after announcing its intention to overhaul national food safety rules, the federal government has unveiled the first of many measures it plans to implement through 2014. Among the new measures going into effect on July 2 is mandatory labelling of steaks and roasts that have been mechanically tenderized — a process that
Demand for Canadian hay south of the border has Manitoba farmers searching farther afield in order to feed their cattle this spring
A late spring and growing demand for cattle feed has depleted hay stocks across the province, leaving many beef producers paying more and travelling farther to find what they need. “We normally buy our hay locally, just 10 or 15 miles from home. But this year we’ve had to bring it in 250 miles fromBut safety measures may make its use in animal feed too expensive and retailers fear a consumer backlash
The European Union hopes to ease the cost of protein used to make pig and poultry feed by lifting a ban on byproducts imposed during the mad cow disease outbreak over a decade ago. The change would come at a time of heightened consumer concern about food safety in Europe after it was discovered that
