This week’s audio report from the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) discusses the pork consumption of Guatemala, which has remained relatively low throughout the past several years, though a majority of the pork currently imported by Guatemala does come from the Unites States. USMEF has been working with importers, retailers, restaurants and foodservice companies to increase awareness of the variety … Read More
AMSA to Discuss Transparency in the Meat Industry
Dr. Brad Morgan, Chef Michael Erickson, Hannah Boeh, Lori Pace and Donna Moenning will be the featured speakers at American Meat Science Association’s (AMSA), 69th Reciprocal Meat Conference (RMC) Transparency in the Meat Industry: Where We Are, Where We’ve Come and Where Are We Going – a panel discussion sponsored by Kemin. The event will be held June 19-22, 2016 … Read More
ALB Selects Four Young Leaders Representatives
This year, the American Lamb Board (ALB) developed the Tri-Lamb Young Leaders Program was developed to create a forum of young producers and leaders from the United States, Australia and New Zealand to share ideas, network, and broaden the understanding of sheep production practices in all three countries. Representatives from each country will participate in the forum for two years, … Read More
Taiwan's New President May Affect Meat Trade
On this week’s audio report from the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF), Joel Haggard, USMEF senior vice president for the Asia Pacific region discusses Taiwan, which will soon be welcoming a new presidential administration. On May 20, Tsai Ing-wen will be sworn in as Taiwan’s first female president. Her party, the Democratic Progressive Party or DPP, will also hold a … Read More
VitaFerm Offering Free Fetal Development Wheel
VitaFerm has designed a unique Fetal Development Wheel to help producers successfully manage their herd’s nutritional needs during breeding, conception, and throughout the various stages of bovine fetal development. The free wheel is based on the work of Dr. Kim Vonnahme, an associate professor at North Dakota State University with expertise in reproductive physiology, nutritional impacts on fetal and placental … Read More
Alltech Releases Global Aquaculture Production Data
Following the release of their annual Global Feed Survey, and based on several industry requests, the research team behind Alltech recently completed a deeper dive into analyzing the growing aquaculture feed sector and the increased finisher feed prices worldwide. Aidan Connolly, Chief Innovation Officer for Alltech, sat down with for an interview with AgWired on the results of the analysis. … Read More
U.S. Meat Exports Sluggish In February
According to USDA data compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF), while February exports of U.S. pork and beef were roughly steady with last year’s volumes, export value moved lower during the month as prices continued to decline from the 2014 highs. The price reductions reflect more abundant red meat supplies and a fiercely competitive international marketplace. Pork export … Read More
USMEF Weekly Audio Report
On this week’s U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) Weekly Audio Report, we hear from Dean Meyer, a corn, soybean and livestock producer from Rock Rapids, Iowa, who serves on the USMEF Executive Committee and as a director of the Iowa Corn Promotion Board. Meyer recently returned from a trade mission to Singapore and Malaysia alongside a diverse delegation of agricultural … Read More
More Speakers Announced form AMSA 60th RMC
Lynn Dornblaser, Chad Clem and Dr. Tom Rourke will be the featured speakers at the American Meat Science Association (AMSA) 69th Reciprocal Meat Conference (RMC) Natural and Clean Label Processed Meats: Trends in Consumer Demand, Formulation Strategies and Quality Issues Symposium, on June 19-22, in San Angelo, Texas. The speakers in this symposium will focus on market/product updates for natural … Read More
Prestage Farms Announces New Company
Prestage Farms has announced the creation of a new company, Prestage Foods of Iowa, LLC, along with the intent, pending finalization of necessary state permits and approvals, to build a new, state-of-the-art fresh pork processing facility in Mason City, Iowa. “We are excited to take the next logical step by building a new high tech pork plant in Mason City, … Read More