Meat & Poultry

If there was ever a good news/bad news story in the cattle feeding industry, this year is a classic example. Market analyst Dan Basse, AgResource Company, warned cattle feeders of continued upward pressure on input prices while also pointing out the “bright spots” of increasing exports and high cattle prices. …

For the most part, issues management represents ‘the best news you’ve never heard’ – putting out misinformation sparks before they become full-fledged conflagrations. So while you don’t read as much front-page news about the daily contact that this crisis-aversion team makes with consumers, researchers, health professionals, food manufacturers and processors, beef importers and exporters, and the anti-beef camp, the beef and dairy industries certainly got a firsthand look at the results on Dec. 23, 2003 and the months that followed. …

National Turkey Federation (NTF) President Joel Brandenberger announced the appointment of Lisa Wallenda Picard, formerly chief of staff at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), as NTF’s new vice president of scientific and regulatory affairs. …

Two years ago at the Indiana State Fair the state's pork producers announced a new initiative to feed Indiana's hungry. The Million Meals program was launched to provide a million pork meals to Indiana food banks, and soon that millionth meal will be delivered, according to the president of Indiana Pork. …

Cattle producers and processors in B.C. will continue to provide consumers with top quality beef thanks to a Government of Canada investment in a shared database traceability system. Member of Parliament Wai Young (Vancouver South), on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, announced today an investment of over $276,000 to establish the B.C. Carcass Tracking and Quality Information System at the Pacific National Exhibition's Agriculture Pavilion. …