Meat & Poultry

The National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) and the Beef Checkoff Program partnered with Merck Animal Health to launch Better Beef Sales, a new web-based retail training program to help boost knowledge about today’s beef and how it’s produced. …

The union representing Park Farms workers has approved a new contract as the company transitions to Case Farms. The deal is expected to lead to Case Farms reopening the plant next month. Case Farms has said it continues working on an agreement to purchase the assets of Park Farms. Both companies process poultry and supply retail stores. …

Philanthropist and football legend Doug Flutie will share his life experiences on and off the field during the keynote address at the 2012 Annual Meat Conference, to be held February 19-21, 2012, at the Rosen Shingle Creek, Orlando, Fla. …

Record-high cattle prices could have long-lasting affects on the industry and consumers, experts say. Big paychecks from packers haven't meant a lot of black ink for producers. And people who love a good T-bone steak or cheeseburger are digging deeper to pay for them, government data show. Producers and food retailers say change is the way to buck both trends. …

The American Meat Science Association (AMSA) is excited to announce Gary Taubes, author of Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It (Knopf 2011) and Good Calories, Bad Calories: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on Diet, Weight Control and Disease (Knopf, 2007), will kick off the AMSA 65th Reciprocal Meat Conference (RMC) on Monday morning June 18th with his in-depth presentation on “Why We Get Fat: Adiposity 101 and the Alternative Hypothesis of Obesity.” …