Meat & Poultry

The National Meat Case Study is completed every three years, with funding from the beef checkoff, the pork checkoff and Sealed Air/Cryovac. The study provides a comprehensive look at how meat is merchandised in the retail case – with a look at product carried and information provided on the label or in the case. 2010 was the fourth time this audit was conducted, so shifts that have occurred since the initial audit in 2002 can be analyzed. …

When the last major meatpacker in Sioux City closed its doors in April 2010, city leaders scrambled to find new industries to take its place. …

A turkey processing company says it will build a new plant in southwestern Indiana that could have up to 600 workers in the next few years. …

Agriculture Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack today announced 29 appointments to the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board. All appointees will serve 3-year terms. …

The continued shortage of cattle, made worse this past year by the drought in Texas, has set up tight beef supplies going into 2012. University of Missouri economist Ron Plain notes ominously “since no turnaround in cattle numbers is likely soon, the closing of another cattle kill plant is likely.” …