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The American Angus is a beef breed, and is reared only for that purpose. [ 3 ] : 730 Comparative trials have not identified any commercially-significant difference between it and the Red Angus. [ 2 ] : 278 Since 1978, beef meeting certain criteria may be marketed as "Certified Angus Beef", a quality mark of the American Angus Association ...
Stockyards mostly handled cattle and pigs for beef and pork production, but occasionally served as waystations for other animals. For example, around 1934 a dozen American bison from Colorado headed for Santa Catalina Island were held at the Los Angeles Union Stock Yards before boarding the ferry for their final leg of the trip.
The president of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association told The Washington Post that "If testing is allowed at Creekstone, we think it would become the international standard and the domestic standard, too." [1] Creekstone Farms says tests cost about $20 per animal, increasing the cost of beef by about 10 cents per pound. The USDA currently ...
A display of Boar's Head meats and cheeses, taken at a King Kullen deli.. Frank Brunckhorst began distributing cold cuts and hot dogs under the Boar's Head name in 1905. By 1933, distribution of Boar's Head products had grown, and Brunckhorst and his partners, Bruno Bischoff and Theodore Weiler, [3] decided to open a manufacturing plant.
A steer. The Texas Longhorn is an American breed of beef cattle, characterized by its long horns, which can span more than 8 ft (2.4 m) from tip to tip. [4] It derives from cattle brought from the Iberian Peninsula to the Americas by Spanish conquistadors from the time of the Second Voyage of Christopher Columbus until about 1512. [5]
At Smithfield Market a wholesale quantity of Deptford-killed American beef sold for 10-15% more than the same weight of American chilled beef. [195] Was this because it was thought to be better; or was it because it could be resold fraudulently — as Scotch or English beef? That was the question debated in the Victorian era.
According to USDA statistics published at the National Cattlemen's Beef Association website, between 1985 and 2009 average annual per capita consumption of beef dropped from 79.2 lbs. to 61.1 lbs.
The rising price of U.S.-produced meat, from cattle like those pictured here, comes after a long down slide and has been prompted in part by a classic case of supply and demand.