Dan Murphy http://www.cattlenetwork.com/editorial/dan-murphy RSS Feed for Dan Murphy en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:41:10 GMT Commentary: Doggie daze http://www.cattlenetwork.com/editorial/dan-murphy/Commentary-Doggie-daze-212026381.html Of all the anti-meat invectives activists use to marginalize and demonize livestock producers, a truly revolting story out of China goes way beyond even the most imaginative attack theme. Commentary: Superbad superbugs http://www.cattlenetwork.com/editorial/dan-murphy/Commentary-Superbad-superbugs-211455821.html Maybe the ‘threat’ of deadly Frankenfoods is losing its luster. Or maybe activists just love to pound away at the same issues over and over. Either way, the invasion of ‘superbugs’ is back. Commentary: Clueless consumers http://www.cattlenetwork.com/editorial/dan-murphy/Commentary-Clueless-consumers-211250941.html To counter the negativity media keeps repeating, producers need to step up but talk down to their audience. As if they have no idea about how animals are raised. Which they don’t. Commentary: On the meaning of ‘natural’ http://www.cattlenetwork.com/editorial/dan-murphy/Commentary-On-the-meaning-of-natural-211070641.html We love the term, especially if it’s plastered on the front of our food packaging. But if we drill down a bit, we discover that the term ‘natural’ has different meanings for different products. Commentary: Good food, bad food http://www.cattlenetwork.com/editorial/dan-murphy/Commentary-Good-food-bad-food-210271511.html There’s a sea of diet and nutrition info floating around online. Some of it makes sense; much of it simply replays the ‘pasta/veggies/fruit good—fat/meat/dairy bad’ mantra that defies logic. Commentary: The best of both worlds http://www.cattlenetwork.com/editorial/dan-murphy/Commentary-The-best-of-both-worlds-210135731.html Politics being as divisive as they are, it’s understandable that people take offense to perceived slights or contrary opinions about livestock production. But ‘different’ doesn’t mean ‘wrong.’ Commentary: Ex-vegan admits the truth http://www.cattlenetwork.com/editorial/dan-murphy/Commentary-Ex-vegan-admits-the-truth-209974481.html It takes years of physical deterioration, plus the moxie to summon up a change in one’s diet, for born-again believers in veganism to finally admit the truth: They got it all wrong. Commentary: Coveting thy neighbor’s pork http://www.cattlenetwork.com/editorial/dan-murphy/Commentary-Coveting-thy-neighbors-pork-209718911.html China’s proposed acquisition of Smithfield Foods might be good news for the shareholders, but it’s a bad deal for U.S. consumers, and a bona fide threat to our domestic food security. Commentary: ‘The better meat’ mantra http://www.cattlenetwork.com/editorial/dan-murphy/Commentary-The-better-meat-mantra-209394871.html Like a suspect under interrogation, health researchers are shining a spotlight on meat-eating. But their ‘fix’ needs to be less about problem-solving and more about using common sense. Commentary: New rules un-COOL http://www.cattlenetwork.com/editorial/dan-murphy/Commentary-New-rules-un-COOL-208863331.html New rules on imported meat labeling are released, and regardless of the impact on prices, one outcome is certain: U.S. trading partners Canada and Mexico won’t be pleased.