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Beef sustainability calculator app helps detail production chain

2016-09-29 15:40:08| Beef

Sustainability has become more than just a buzz word for beef producers. More and more, it is a concept that will be part of everyday management. read more

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Increased production challenges beef demand

2016-09-10 02:32:00| Beef

As beef production increases, beef prices are coming down from record levels at the wholesale and retail levels, says Derrell Peel, Extension livestock marketing specialist at Oklahoma State University, in his weekly market comments. Monthly average boxed beef prices peaked at $240.25 per cwt for Choice in May 2015 and at $249.34 in April 2015 for Select. read more

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Debate over impact of beef production on environment needs realism

2016-07-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Omaha World Herald: Nebraska-raised cattle eat at the Burwell Livestock Market. When these cattle make it to the supermarket as steaks and roasts, it'll be anyone's guess where this beef is from. Denmark may be a small country, but a recent proposal there points to a challenge for the world's beef industry. Its independent Council of Ethics has called on the Danish government to put a special tax on beef purchases to compel the country's 5 million Danes to eat less red meat. The council argued that cattle-raising...

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CME: Total Beef, Pork and Poultry Production Estimates Down

2015-11-10 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - Total beef, pork, chicken and turkey production for week ending November 7 was estimated at 1.806 billion pounds, about 1.2 per cent lower than the previous week but 0.5 per cent higher than a year ago, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.

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