Red Meat Production Up From Last Year
Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 3.94 billion pounds in July, up 4 percent from the 3.79 billion pounds produced in July 2011. …
Meat & Poultry
Two Washingtonians Win Regional Finals Of Foster Farms Fresh Chicken Cooking Contest
Washingtonians Rebecca Cameron and Sandra Gray were named winners of the Washington Regional Finals of the Third Annual Foster Farms Fresh Chicken Cooking Contest held at Kathy Casey Food Studios. Each winner received a $1,000 cash prize and will compete at the Finals in person on September 28, 2012 at The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, in California's Napa Valley. …
Two Young Minnesotans Win Gold'n Plump 'Poultry Prince & Princess Contest'
August Otto, a 16 year-old from Delano in Wright County, and Eleni Solberg, a 16 year-old from Stewartville in Fillmore County, were given the royal chicken treatment on Sunday, August 26, after winning the third-annual Poultry Prince and Princess Contest: A Scholarship Program of Minnesota 4-H and Gold'n Plump®. The program recognizes the knowledge, leadership and skills of Minnesota's youth in the state's poultry industry by awarding two teenagers with poultry ambassador titles and $1,000 academic scholarships. …
Just BARE Chicken Seeks 'Less Is More' Recipes For Just 5 Cooking Challenge
Just BARE® Chicken announces its second-annual Just 5 Cooking Challenge that's built on the brand's philosophy that "less is really more—in cooking and in life." This focus on minimal cooking and living is central to Just BARE, a brand of all-natural, American Humane Certified® chicken that offers no antibiotics, no added hormones, no animal byproducts, and no unwanted additives. …
U.S. Defends Ban On Argentine Beef
The United States on Wednesday defended its longtime bans on beef and lemon imports from Argentina after the South American country threatened to challenge them at the World Trade Organization. …