Meat & Poultry

Parents can score big with family hockey fans thanks to the Schweigert Meats Wild Child Sweepstakes. Once entered in the drawing, children have a chance to win four Minnesota Wild game tickets, time on the ice helping the Minnesota Wild ice crew clean the ice during selected TV timeouts and a team practice jersey. …

Cattle produces arent the only ones who could take an economic hit if new regulations, proposed by USDAs Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyard Administration (GIPSA), are added to the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921. …

Bill the Butcher Inc., a Seattle-based retailer that sells organic and natural grass-fed meats, has promoted Ross Arrington from Head Butcher and Buyer to Director of Operations. Arrington brings a lifetime of work that includes working in the meat department of large wholesalers and grocery chains including Associated Grocers, Safeway Inc. and Whole Foods. …

America’s #1 chicken sausage was recently named a winner in Cooking Light magazine’s 2010 Taste Test Awards for its Sweet Apple chicken sausage. Featured in the magazine’s October issue, Cooking Light’s Taste Test Awards celebrate a year-long search for the most delicious and nutritious food products from hundreds of brands in 50 bestselling grocery store and artisanal categories. …

A new industry is coming to Le Mars. North American Co-Pack Iowa, which may eventually employ as many as 100 people, will be producing pork products in the community. …