Up, and to the right
Date: Apr 26 2017
Consumer Connection & News ReleaseMore beef on the market meant lower prices in 2016, fueling greater demand from consumers largely recovered from the 2008 recession.
Category: Consumer Connection
Three steps for dry-aged beef
Date: Apr 19 2017
Blog & Consumer ConnectionA lot of flowery adjectives get tossed around when dry-aged beef comes up. but they fail to explain what’s actually happening during the process.
The lobster tail of meats
Date: Apr 05 2017
Consumer Connection & News ReleaseThe growing beef supply won’t automatically find more room in the meat case, but it can earn its way with differentiated quality.
Beef prices near sustainable levels
Date: Apr 03 2017
Consumer Connection & News ReleaseCattle markets are widely reported in farm and ranch media, but beef and competing protein prices underlie it all.
Quality beef grade, dressing percentage and grids
Date: Mar 15 2017
Consumer Connection & News ReleaseThe average cattle feeder wants to be rewarded for above-average beef quality, and many have turned to some type of value-based “grid” marketing to earn premiums.
It takes two, part II
Date: Feb 28 2017
Blog & Consumer ConnectionHours later, back at the restaurant, a diner asks about the picture he saw of Josh on the farm. “The rancher’s actually here: that’s him,” Josh says.
It takes two, part I
Date: Feb 27 2017
Blog & Consumer ConnectionFor these culinary athletes, every evening’s a performance and a practice just the same. They’re professionals who make what we do on this side of the fence worth it for those at the table.
News release: Building premiums, cut by cut
Date: Feb 24 2017
Consumer Connection & News Release & Premium PotentialIn 2016, U.S. packers saw Choice beef production increase by 8.1% while that of the Select grade held steady.
News Release: Here’s the Premium
Date: Jan 30 2017
Cattle Markets & Consumer Connection & News ReleaseWhile the cattle market fell from record highs in 2014 in a steep dive to last fall’s low, the relative demand for quality and premium bids for Angus calves fared better.
Same chef, different story
Date: Jan 12 2017
Blog & Consumer ConnectionBefore I met him, all I knew about Michael Midgley was what I’d read in reality TV show reviews.