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GM confusion
We’re living in what many are calling the “information age.” Yet, confusion reigns over many important issues, and our easy access to information — and misinformation — helps fuel that confusion.
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By any other name
A pork butt is a pork butt, until it isn’t.
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Savvy PR or chilling effect on innovation?
Whole Foods Market, a 335-store organic- and natural-food chain, made headlines last month announcing that by 2018 it will require all products in its stores to be labeled, indicating whether they contain genetically modified organisms (GMO).
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I'm a Drover: Balancing act
Wyoming cattleman Scott George adds NCBA president to his diverse list of tasks.
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Environmentalists talk beef
An ongoing debate in the environmental community revolves around the stance toward beef: Is it better to work on making beef production more environmentally friendly or devote their energies to convincing people that they shouldn’t be eating beef?
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Unintended consequences of RFS
American farmers will plant 96.5 million acres of corn this year, according to estimates by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Private industry forecasts suggest acreage could be even higher, depending on planting conditions this spring.
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Global genetics, local beef
Canadian seedstock producer has a broad vision for cattle genetics and a local vision for beef.
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Consumer Trends: Print your meat
A U.S. start-up company called Modern Meadow, based in Columbia, Mo., is hoping to create meat with a 3D bioprinter. It is gathering venture capital now.
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Did global warming close Cargill’s Plainview plant?
When Cargill Meat Solutions announced the closure of its Plainview, Texas, harvest facility last month, the company cited the effects of the ongoing two-year drought as one of the reasons.
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A Position on GMOs, modified
Among the opponents of genetically modified crops, Mark Lynas stood out as among the most vocal and the most strident.
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I'm a Drover: Raised local, sold local
‘The Market off Main’ offers high-quality beef and an opportunity to communicate with consumers.
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