Editorial
Stocker-feeder prices rally, feds join the party
Despite underperforming most of the spring, stocker and feeder cattle prices rallied hard last week. Not to be outdone, the fed cattle market staged a rally of its own and boxed beef prices posted significant gains.
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Commentary: Dietary delusions
Meat is the root of all evil, diehard vegans want people to believe. However, their nutritional template is even more absurd. But try telling that to conventional dieticians in love with the diet.
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GMO “Right-To-Know Act” introduced in Senate, House
Federal legislation was proposed that would require food manufacturers to clearly label any product containing genetically modified organisms - or risk having that product classified "misbranded" by the FDA.
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Commentary: CSPI’s perverted pyramid
CSPI, the nutrition activists who never met a meat product they couldn’t denounce, goes off the reservation (again) with a new report asking not if, but when will eating meat end up killing you?
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CSPI “risky meat” report called a gimmick
Self-described “consumer advocacy” group Center for Science in the Public Interest issued a report ranking the riskiest meat categories, but industry groups say poultry and beef show sharp declines in reported outbreaks.
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Age of the mobile device is here
Farmers and ag professionals can use apps on smartphones or tablet computers for everything from staying up to date on agriculture news to calculating sprayer tank mix ratios, noted Kent Shannon, University of Missouri Extension natural resource engineering specialist, who is trying to educate the agricultural industry to the potential value of apps and mobile connectivity to websites.
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Commentary: A phobia over fat
Even well-intentioned programs—like the NFL’s Fuel Up to Play 60—tend to fumble the ball when it comes to common sense about animal foods and the nutrients they provide.
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Commentary: PETA, hunters and drones – a volatile mix
PETA plans to use drones to watch hunters and farmers this fall in an effort to further its mission of "saving animals." It's a potentially volatile scheme, one that has some state lawmakers taking action.
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Commentary: Bad boy of bacon
Travel shows are a cable TV staple, but not when the itinerary is America’s premier ‘meat temples,’ as Chef Todd Fisher styles the restaurants where bacon is king of the culinary court.
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Commentary: Faux food fantasies
While the ‘geniuses’ behind a wave of fake food substitutes for meat, eggs and dairy have some bigshots backing them, their stuff’s missing some key ingredients: Quality, value and nutrition.
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Animal welfare focus at JBS
During the Academy of Veterinary Consultants conference in Norman, Oklahoma, Lily Edwards-Callaway, PhD, discusses animal-welfare programs at meat packer JBS.
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- Packer margins jump higher, feeding margins bleak
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
- Oklahoma producers have access to new OQBN tool
- Survey reveals most Americans in favor of COOL
- Oil ends higher on weaker dollar, supplies weigh
- Purdue's beef evaluation program receives 10,000th bull
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- U.S. cattle placements rise in April as feed costs subside
- Ag markets were mixed to start the new week
- Corn planting pace turns from record slow to record fast
- Drought losses in Oklahoma top $400 million for 2012
- Corn and soybean prices continue to retrace 2012 drought rally
