Fiction: Stranger than Truth!
Date: May 09 2012
Blog & Consumer ConnectionI am totally appalled by the recent “pink slime” debacle that the media has created.
Category: Consumer Connection
Mother’s Day shopping? Done.
Date: May 09 2012
Blog & Consumer Connection
One person at a time
Date: May 07 2012
Blog & Consumer ConnectionMyth: People don’t really want to hear the farmers’ and ranchers’ story.
Fact: The general consumer is very interested in learning about how their food is produced.
Beef: packers gotta have it
Date: Apr 24 2012
Blog & Consumer ConnectionAlthough packers were unable to drive live prices down, they were able to improve margins by increasing boxed values across all grades.
Signals through the clouds
Date: Apr 23 2012
Blog & Consumer Connection & Grid MarketingMyth: USDA-reported CAB premiums tell the whole story of packer demand for high-quality cattle.
Cattle price finds support despite beef harvest decline
Date: Apr 17 2012
Blog & Consumer ConnectionProduction was significantly cut on Monday of last week as packers worked to minimize losses and regain position.
Beef market setback may spur featuring
Date: Apr 10 2012
Blog & Consumer ConnectionAlthough buyers were able to reduce cattle costs, packers continue to give up operating margins because boxed values again slipped on poor demand.
Beef price, volume down
Date: Apr 03 2012
Blog & Consumer ConnectionOne would expect spot values to be lower given weakness in the forward month, but show lists continue relatively small.
Making the best of beef
Date: Mar 27 2012
Cattle Markets & Consumer ConnectionThis bodes well for CAB® production, which continues up as well; acceptance rate improved over previous week to reach 24.9%.
Expensive steak doesn’t have to cost us customers
Date: Mar 27 2012
Blog & Consumer ConnectionRestaurateurs are not getting rich off of beef (even if they’re selling a single steak for $92), but they are using a little good old American ingenuity to keep people eating what you produce.