Beef News

On Saturday I had the privilege of attending the Steak 101 class conducted by Local Yocal owner Matt Hamilton at his retail storefront in downtown McKinney.

Leftover ingredients, fresh vegetables and salad greens are all you need to build an entree salad in no time.

Brazil is investigating a potential case of atypical mad cow disease, the agriculture ministry said on Thursday, just over a year after several countries banned Brazilian beef imports when a similar case of the disease was confirmed.

The five-year initiative will improve existing monitoring and management activities, including the development of a new traceability tool to better use data at the processing stage in the beef chain.

The organisers said that 111 people attended the event, a stark increase from eight years ago, when the first dinner started with just 42 attendees.

MEANWHILE the chairman of the NFU's South West regional board has said the report of the independent panel into the Somerset and Gloucester culls should be challenged.

China will have to increase its beef imports by up to 20 per cent a year for the next five years to meet its surging demand for protein, rural lender Rabobank says.

I was at Oulton's on Monday, picking up the family's monthly meat order, when I happened to overhear what had been in the delivery that had gone to Lion and Bright earlier that day.

We invite you to join us for our 4th year! The Red River Valley Dulcimer Club will be providing music, while The Kids Corner will have fun projects planned for the kids.

Cow-calf ranchers may be the last romantics of American agriculture. And these days that romance stands to be profitable - very profitable.

Renowned Northumberland farmers Willie Woodman and the Hunter family will be hosting this year's farm tours, which form a key part of NBA Beef Expo returning on May 21, and 22 for the first time since 2010.

Ten thousand hot dogs ... that's a whole lotta franks. But starting next month, it's a goal of The WindMill to distribute that many hot dogs -- and provide plenty more meals -- to those who need them, through the 10,000 Hot Dogs Campaign.

The Harlan County Cooperative Extension Agency's 4-H Program, Harlan County Conservation District and Walmart participated in the county's observance of Earth Day on Tuesday.

The manufacturing company has found ways to make environmental choices pay, both in money and pride, its president told an Earth Day Mid-Maine climate change business forum.

A new protein that has been carefully, genetically controlled, is sweeping Vail Valley restaurants and fine dining establishments around the country.

The outlook for the global beef industry might be positive but New Zealand's international competitiveness continues to be eroded by the relatively high dollar.

As part of a multi-billion dollar revamp announced earlier on Tuesday, Swiss drugmaker Novartis said it would sell its animal-health arm to Lilly for about $5.4 billion, while also swapping assets with GlaxoSmithKline operating margin from 17 percent to 26 percent last year.

Many small business owners are still taking a hit from the recession, but Monte Hamaoui, owner of Nate's Deli in Fairview Park, is hanging tough.

The study is being undertaken by Michigan State University with the help of a $480,000 grant provided by a group of other universities with an interest in the topic.

The word coming down from the California Farm Bureau is that prices for a number of different vegetables, fruit and beef could increase this summer.