Editorial
Commentary: Demented diets
Red meat consumption has been accused of being the course of all evil, nutritionally speaking. Now, veggie advocates are upping the ante with warnings about meat causing dementia.
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Pork producer margins in the black, packer margins in the red
Pork producer margins improved again last week, put margins into the black while pork packer margins declined.
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Bacon fuels 105 year old woman
Bacon loving 105 year old takes a ride in the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile.
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Caution in hiring
As radical groups have adopted the practice of sending operatives out to seek employment in agriculture, employers need to use due diligence in screening and hiring applicants.
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Commentary: Wisdom from The Fool
It’s seldom that one reads any responsive criticism in mainstream media of self-styled consumer groups when they attack meat producers and processors. That all changed earlier this week.
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Interview Part II: The obesity cure
In Part II of a Vance Online Networks exclusive interview, British nutritional expert and obesity researcher Zoe Harcombe offers a stunningly simple solution to our No. 1 public health problem.
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Commentary: VB6 and more anti-livestock propaganda
New York Times food writer Mark Bittman promotes his new diet book, and nationally syndicated columnist David Sirota claims livestock production helps “incinerate the planet.” They’re both wrong.
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New rules! Europe announces revisions to food safety laws
Responding to the horse meat fraud scandal, the European Commission has proposed revisions to its food safety laws that would cut red tape but strengthen penalties for violators.
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Interview: British expert on causes of obesity
Researcher, writer and nutritional advocate Zoe Harcombe offers a provocative, powerful take on what has caused a third (or more) of Europe and America’s population to become obese.
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Online pork processing tour with Temple Grandin
Take a tour of a pork processing plant with world renowned animal-handling expert, Temple Grandin, as your guide.
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Rename FMD?
Words, as we know, have the power to foster understanding and also the power to confuse or mislead. In the realm of disease, that confusion was evident during the 2010 pandemic of H1N1 influenza, when use of the term “swine flu” damaged pork demand as consumers feared they could contract the disease from pork.
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- Oil prices pare losses on U.S. equities turnaround
- Future of food discussion with Agriculture Secretary
- Ag markets diverged prove rather volatile on Thursday
- Hormel Foods profit declines as costs pinch
- Livestock Slaughter: Pork production up 5 percent from April 2012
- Corn futures relapse in wake of Wednesday's rally
