Doctors State That Grass Fed Organic Beef Eliminates Refined Carbohydrates and Poor-Quality Meats in Diets SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Organic Alliance, Inc. (Pink Sheets: ORGC), announced today that USDA Certified Grass Fed Organic Beef will be available to OAI customers this fall. Grass fed...
The historic McEwen Ranch announced recently its 150,000 plus acres have been certified organic by the USDA's National Organic Program. This is the culmination of a three-year process during which the land must be free of all chemical inputs such as fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides. With its organic certification,...
The Food Emporium, the Manhattan-based specialty gourmet grocery chain, has announced it will become the first major grocery store to be certified to handle and cut organic beef in its full-service meat departments. Sixteen Manhattan-area Food Emporiums will begin cutting fresh certified organic steaks in-house as a value-added program...
Slaughter cattle prices in U.S. markets increasingly depend on carcass quality measures used in "grid-pricing" mechanisms (e.g., McDonald and Schroeder 2003; Whitley 2002). The carcass attributes most widely used are U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA "quality" and "yield" grades. These two grades reflect meat palatability and the quantity of usable...
While organically produced foods comprise a very small proportion of the food basket, next to ethanol production, organic product development is about the fastest growing segment of the agriculture industry. There appears to be widening consumer demand for such products. But, are organically produced commodities safer, healthier and worth the...
USDA announces the results of the Beef Checkoff Survey, which was conducted by the Gallup Organization among 8,002 beef, dairy, and veal producers nationwide. Seventy-two percent of those surveyed either strongly approved or somewhat approved of the program. Sixty-six percent of those surveyed would strongly approve or somewhat...
The intrusion of low-density nonfarm development into traditionally rural areas is affecting more and more U.S. farmland (Heimlich and Anderson 2001). The direct effect of such development, the conversion of rural lands to housing and other nonfarm uses is well documented (Barnard 2000; Vesterby, Heimlich, and Krupa 1994; Fischel 1982;...
Smaller beef cattle feedlots--less than 1,000 head--are often used for only a part of each year, but little is known about the pollution potential caused by feedlot residual manure when cattle are not present or about the effectiveness of vegetative filter strips under these conditions. This study quantified beef cattle...
Agricultural writers and editors attending the Agricultural Media Summit AMS July 23-26 in Portland will find out what's new from these leading agriculture companies and organizations. The list is current as of June 30, 2006. ADM Decatur, IL InfoExpo Focus: Booth #11. ADM is a world leader...
What do Japan, Canada, Taiwan and South Korea all have in common? They're in the news on beef, and not all of it was good news last week. Taiwan to let some U.S. beef back in The country's Dept. of Health says...
Rural America will remember 2005 as a year of drought, hurricanes, and surging gas prices. To be sure, some regions of the country faced devastating natural catastrophes. Yet, these catastrophes did not stop the farm sector from posting another banner income year-nor did they stop the nonfarm sectors from enjoying...
Agricultural writers and editors attending the Agricultural Media Summit July 31-Aug. 3 in Milwaukee will find out what's new with leading agriculture companies and organizations. Following is a list of exhibitors attending the InfoExpo, as well as new products and services they will be discussing. Marketing and communications spokespersons will...
WASHINGTON AFP — A cow has tested positive for mad cow disease in the United States, agriculture officials said, opening the door to possible changes in testing procedures in the US beef industry. Further tests are planned to confirm the diagnosis because the animal had previously tested disease-free, said...
By a vote of 6-3, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985, overturning lower court decisions by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit and the U.S. District Court for South Dakota, which ruled the measure unconstitutional. As a result of this...
THE SENATE VOTED 52-46 IN MARCH TO OVERRIDE the Bush administration's decision to allow Canadian cattle into the U.S. nearly two years after they were banned because of mad cow disease. The White House said President Bush will veto the measure if it reaches his desk,...
WASHINGTON AFP — A federal judge in the US northwest state of Montana blocked the resumption of imports of Canadian beef after US cattle raisers petitioned over fears about spreading madcow disease. Imports of Canadian beef, due to have resumed here Wednesday, were temporarily suspended while Judge Richard Cebull...
Byline: Steve Kay So much for the much-hyped "breakthrough" agreement with Japan in October to resume beef trade. As I suspected, the devil was in the details. Given the myriad of issues still to be resolved, trade might not resume until this summer...
CF Green Corporation (OTC: CFGE) (naturalsteaks.com) announced today that it could assure its customers and shareholders that its beef is safe from Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy BSE or Mad Cow Disease. CF Green Corp. has always produced beef that is grown and processed as certified "Natural" as directed from the...
Japan and Taiwan both said they would lift their bans on American beef, revealed Omaha World-Herald (Oct. 27). Japan is the largest importer of U.S. beef, while Taiwan is the sixth-largest importer. Mexico, the second-largest importer, lifted its ban in March. All three countries...
By Ed Murrieta, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 22--It's what's for dinner. That's the beef industry's sales pitch. But what is "it"? Is it Prime? Choice? Corn-fed? Grass-fed? Angus? Certified Angus? ...
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