Meat & Poultry

Maple Leaf Foods announced that the original-tasting Larsen wiener is being re-launched to consumers across Atlantic Canada. The Larsen “Classic Taste” Wieners support tremendous consumer demand for a return to the original taste. …

Hog futures fell for a fifth straight session, heading for the longest slump since October, on speculation that U.S. pork demand is waning. Cattle dropped to the lowest price in more than two months. …

Black River Produce is expanding its meat processing and shipping operation and take advantage of demand for locally produced meats, said Black River Business Development Manager Sean Buchanan. …

Charting a course in the beef industry means acting on market signals and being ready for the reactions to those actions. “The message of consumer demand is more complicated than it has ever been,” John Stika said at the Kansas State University Cattlemen’s Day earlier this month. Regardless of position in the beef industry, “we must interpret and respond by balancing those needs and expectations of consumers with our need to make a profit.” …

This past week’s setbacks — also including the release of a Harvard University study that concluded red meat was associated with a greater chance of dying — only reiterated to Dale Woerner that the beef industry has punches of its own to throw back. …