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The Taste Of Protein
Umami. It's pronounced and it's such a mysterious sounding word that you might think it refers to an ethnic trend or a spiritual practice in a faraway...
Video Ads Are Planned For Grocery Carts
Digital advertising is coming to shopping carts. The Associated Press reports Microsoft spent four years working with Plano, TX-based MediaCart Holdings Inc. on a grocery cart-mounted console that helps shoppers find products in the store,...
Reaction To Cloned Animal Announcement
The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) said, "Milk and meat from cloned animals and their offspring will enter the food supply. They can do so immediately. The products will not be labeled as such and American consumers will have no way to avoid consuming them." ...
Clones Are Halfway To Approval -- Consumers Are Next
The biggest news of the week was the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) announcement that clones from cattle, swine and goats are safe for human consumption. ...
FDA Says Cloned Animals Are Safe; EU Moves Closer
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced this week that meat and milk from clones of cattle, swine, and goats, and the offspring of clones from any species traditionally ...
Partnering with Applebee's
Now through early January, in partnership with the beef checkoff, 1,900 Applebee's restaurants nationwide are offering several new cuts of savory beef....
The Ever-Changing Retail Meat Case
The 2007 National Meat Case Study looked at more than 123,000 packages in 121 stores in 48 different markets, comparing its findings with those of a similar study in 2004....
Stimulating Agents
Another growth-enhancing feed additive is poised for entry into the U.S. cattle feeding scene. Zilpaterol, manufactured by Intervet Inc. and sold under...
From Our Columnists
Even With High Prices, Be Sure To Weigh The Return
Depending on which side of the biscuit you butter, these are fixing to be halcyon days in the cow-calf business. At least they are judging by the chatter you hear...
Key Economic Opportunities In Calf Marketing
My last series of articles focused on the economic challenges occurring in the beef-cow sector since the start of the biofuels era. This month, I’ll focus on the key economic opportunities...
Nitrate Accumulation In Plants Is A Matter Of Many Factors
Drought has made it a very rough year for many herds in the U.S. In the midst of this scramble for forage in drought areas, we need to be careful about where feeds originate...
