Meat & Poultry

Delmarva’s three food banks have stepped up to the plate to raise a combined equivalent of more than 58,000 meals and exceed their challenge goal in response to the 2012 Perdue Strike Out Hunger Challenge on Delmarva, a season-long campaign in conjunction with the Delmarva Shorebirds to help combat hunger. …

Cargill Meat Solutions, a Wyalusing, Pa., establishment, is recalling 29,339 pounds of fresh ground beef products that may be contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced. …

The beef checkoff has continuous interest in conducting research among U.S. consumers to better understand preparation methods and flavors used in beef preparation. Given the changing nature of availability of foods and preferences, the beef checkoff has been tracking these consumption patterns. Research was conducted in 2002, 2005 and again in 2012. …

Beef, pork and poultry prices are predicted to take a roller-coaster ride soon that is expected to end uphill next year, the result of the drought and a withering corn crop. …

Simply put, basic economics of decreased supply and increasing demand are causing an increase in beef prices. Droughts in Texas and Oklahoma last year and Nebraska, Kansas, Wyoming and Colorado this year have led to smaller cattle herds and thus less beef coming to market, said Ron Rowan, marketing director for the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association …