Increase In Branded Beef Products
(May 31, 2002)
Ranchers, meatpackers, and even grocery stores develop their own branded beef products
Markets Respond to Planting delays and Drought
(May 31, 2002)
Normally, this time of year futures prices are poised to begin their annual glide lower.
Country Of Origin Label Ahead; Meat Prices Battered
(May 31, 2002)
Country of origin labeling for meat, fruits, vegetables and farm-raised fish was reaffirmed this week by Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman.
Still Concern Over Medicare Reform Bill
(May 31, 2002)
A Medicare reform bill due out of Congress next week will include coverage of prescription drugs, but there are still concerns over the discrepancies in the payments made to care professionals in rural areas.
Market Analysis: May 31, 2002
(May 31, 2002)
The grain markets finished the week much stronger, as continued concerns about planting progress in the eastern cornbelt and continued drought in the western wheat belt weighed on traders.
Market Plus: May 31, 2002
(May 31, 2002)
We're glad to have Sue Martin with us this week and we were talking, Sue, in the market segment about soybeans. You were talking about some pluses which, like you say, even three months ago there really weren't very many pluses in the soybean...
