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Record Per Capita Meat Consumption Expected in 2005

This report provides forecasts on the beef trade in U.S. Larger supplies of red meat and poultry are expected to result in record-high per capita meat consumption in 2005. Beef production in 2005 is expected to be about 1 percent above this year, despite continuing declines in numbers of animals...

Tags: Production, Poultry Meat Production, U.S. Department Of Agriculture

White papers 2004-11-23

Beef Production to Decline

This report reviews the beef production market until the end of the third quarter of 2004 and states that the beef production in 2004 is expected to decline nearly 7 percent from a year earlier. The decline is sharper than earlier expected due to a slower pace of cattle placements...

Tags: U.S. Department Of Agriculture, Production, Marketing Research, Marketing

White papers 2004-09-28

The Changing Landscape of U.S. Milk Production

The dairy industry underwent dramatic restructuring in the last 50 or so years. The 1997 U.S. Department of Agriculture report described selected dairy product markets, firms in the markets, and changes in the markets and firms for the 1975-99 periods. This report provides a similar examination of milk production. Structural...

Tags: Management, Production, Strategy, U.S. Department Of Agriculture

White papers 2002-06-06

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The Daily Record News Briefs: September 29, 2008

Local economy holding steady Rochester's economy has fared better than its neighbors. While Rochester's economy grew from 2005 to 2006, it did so at a slower rate than the year before, according to data released late last week by the U.S. Commerce Department....

Articles 2008-09-29

Allied Industry

Green Joins Pfizer Animal Genetics Dr. Ronnie Green has joined Pfizer Animal Genetics as senior director of global technical services. In his new position Green will lead operations relating to technical support of the entire product portfolio and will work with key stakeholders to develop novel, customer-focused solutions based...

Articles 2008-09-01

Lafe's Natural Bodycare Introduces New Line of Baby Products

Baby shampoo and bodywash, massage oil, baby lotion and mother-to-be deodorant available in stores this week, packaged in 'baby-safe plastic' free of harmful estrogenic activity AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Lafe's Natural Bodycare announces an industry first today, as the company releases its new line of...

Articles 2008-08-20

Food prices rise by 16% year-to-date

ST. LOUIS AP -- Rising costs for fuel, feed and fertilizer propelled grain prices to all-time highs in June, raising the overall price of crops and livestock by 16 percent this year compared to last year. Corn and soybeans hit record prices. Wheat slipped from historic highs...

Articles 2008-08-01

Impact of the Ethanol Boom on Livestock and Dairy Industries: What Are They Going to Eat?

Increased demand for corn for ethanol production has helped push grain prices to record levels. This has increased livestock production costs, and producers have responded with changes to production systems. This paper explores the degree to which costs can be mitigated with alternative feeds, the effect this might have on...

Articles 2008-08-01

Correction of Measurement Error in Monthly USDA Pig Crop: Generating Alternative Data Series

The imputed pig death loss contained in the reported monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA pig crop data over the December 1995-June 2006 period ranged from -4.93% to 12.75%. Clearly, there are substantial measurement errors in the USDA monthly pig crop data. In this paper, we present alternative monthly U.S....

Articles 2008-08-01

Introduction to the Proceedings of the Fourth International Scientific Symposium on Tea and Human Health1-3

The Fourth International Scientific Symposium on Tea and Human Health was held September 18, 2007 at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC. The symposium was organized by the Tea Council of the U.S.A. and cosponsored by the American Cancer Society, American College of Nutrition, American Medical Women's Association,...

Articles 2008-08-01

Linking plant and animal traits to the genes that shape them

To improve agricultural productivity worldwide, the Agricultural Research Service is working with other agencies in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, other federal departments, universities, international research organizations, and agricultural industries to make use of newly developed genomic technologies. The ultimate objective is to develop dependable means to link desirable extrinsic,...

Articles 2008-08-01

Enablence's FTTx Network Products Accepted by US Government Financing for Rural Communities

Enablence Technologies (TSX VENTURE: ENA), a leading supplier of fiber-to-the-premises FTTP equipment for residential and business services, today announced that it has received U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service USDA RUS acceptance for the TRIDENT7 Optical Line Terminals and Optical Network Terminals for deployment under the Rural Development Broadband...

Articles 2008-07-28

Corn crop escapes meaningful damage from Midwest floods

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's July Supply & Demand report further diminished fears of Midwest flood damage to this year's corn crop. While corn yields have been lowered from 148.9 bushels per acre to 148.4, private analysts had anticipated much lower yields in the 144 to 147 bushels-per-acre range. The...

Articles 2008-07-28

Agriculture Production Costs on the Rise, According to New Rabobank Report

NEW YORK, July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Much attention has focused lately on the run up in the production of agricultural commodities and its effect on food prices. Additionally, key crop input prices are also rising and show no sign of slowing, according to a new Rabobank report, "U.S. Crop...

Articles 2008-07-24

Oswego Industries poised for expansion into textile markets

FULTON - Following 40 years of providing social, rehabilitative, and work-force development services in Oswego County, Oswego Industries, Inc. OI is poised to expand its textile-production operations, says Leo Waite, business development director. According to Waite, OI can produce uniforms, coveralls, hospital garments, and canvas or nylon bags, and...

Articles 2008-07-18

Mullen Wins BASF Crop Protection Business

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Mullen has won integrated marketing communications duties for BASF U.S. Crop Protection to enhance awareness and sales of the company's herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, plant regulators and seed treatment technologies that offer the highest level of crop protection solutions to growers across the U.S. ...

Articles 2008-07-09

Alvarion® Earns USDA's First WiMAX™ Rural Development Acceptance and "Buy American" Status for FCC Licensed Frequencies

RUS Acceptance of Alvarion's 802.16e BreezeMAX[R] Allows Operators to Use Federal Rural Broadband Funding to Deploy Alvarion WiMAX Solutions in the 2.3 GHz WCS and 2.5 GHz BRS/EBS Bands MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Alvarion[R] Ltd., the world's leading provider of WiMAX[TM] and wireless broadband solutions,...

Articles 2008-07-09

MRV Optical Multi-Service Platform Certified for Rural Telecom Networks

USDA Certifies Fiber Driver Product Line to Be Compliant with Technical Standards for Rural Utilities Service CHATSWORTH, Calif. -- MRV COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (Nasdaq: MRVC), a leading provider of products and services for out-of-band networking, optical transport, metro Ethernet, and fiber optic components today announced its...

Articles 2008-07-08

ZANA Network's Unique Worldwide Partnership Portal Helps Small & Medium Businesses Boost Revenue

Thousands of Partners Around Town or Worldwide are Available via Largest Partnership Portal DETROIT -- ZANA Network, the world's largest contract portal and business development resource for small and medium enterprises SMEs worldwide, today announced an industry-defining partnership portal to help companies expand and build...

Articles 2008-07-08

Recall issued on ground beef

This holiday weekend at the barbecue with family and friends, be careful before you bite into that juicy burger. Utahns need to check the packaging of their ground beef, after Smith's Food and Drug on Wednesday issued a recall of some hamburger for...

Articles 2008-07-03