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U.S. Beef Herd Begins Year 3% Smaller
2013-02-02 13:54:00| Beef
The annual USDA Cattle Inventory report released Friday should yield no surprises to the market but underscores how much tighter the supply is getting. “The report reiterates the reduced cattle supply, and the difficulty of retaining heifers to enter the breeding herd,” says Andrew Griffith, University of Tennessee agricultural economist, in his weekly market comments. “It will be a long hard drive to rebuild the herd even if we have favorable weather conditions the next few years.” read more
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Japan Opens Door To More U.S. Beef
2013-02-02 13:46:00| Beef
Finally, on Feb. 1 Japan began accepting U.S. beef exports from cattle as old as 30 months, beginning February 1. The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) forecasts that U.S. beef exports to Japan in 2013, as a result of expanded access to the market, will increase roughly 45% in volume and value, reaching 225,000 metric tons (496 million lbs.) and $1.5 billion. read more
Upping the steaks: How grass-fed beef is reshaping ag and helping the planet
2013-02-01 13:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Bartlett Durand is the rare local-food entrepreneur who has no trouble turning a profit: Durands Black Earth Meats processes and sells grass-fed beef, and these days grass-fed beef sells like crazy. Located near Madison, Wis., Black Earth is an abattoir, an old-fashioned butchery containing everything from a slaughterhouse to a retail store. Its sales have doubled in four out of the last five years. Durand expects them to jump again this year, from $6 million to $10 million. Orders have poured...
VIDEO: Japan eases US beef restrictions
2013-02-01 04:10:10| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Japan is relaxing restrictions on US-imported beef imposed almost a decade ago after the discovery of "mad cow disease" in America.
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Russia to Ban US Beef and Pork Following Ractopamine Discovery
2013-02-01 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
RUSSIA - Russia has announced it will ban exports of beef and pork from the United States from 11 February due to the finding of ractopamine.
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