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Wellington marches on Shanghai, but at a cost

by Jennifer Pak
Jan 30, 2024
A detailed look how a food trend starts in China's financial hub, Shanghai.
Coquille restaurant's beef Wellington comes with a sign. The number 75,437 means that is the 75,437th beef Wellington the restaurant has served since the dish was rolled out in 2015 in Shanghai.
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Why chicken over beef? Food fads come and go with price, habits and ... TikTok

by Stephanie Hughes
Sep 5, 2023
Social media trends can inspire people to try out new ingredients. But it’s not like the food industry can immediately respond to every new protein craze.
Tyson Foods is closing some processing plants, in part because the company overestimated Americans’ appetite for chicken.
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For Western ranchers, harsh weather has meant brutal losses during prime calving season

by Anna King
May 4, 2023
Because calves are born wet they have to get dry, get a drink of milk, and warm up quickly. And the brutal weather has made that tough.
A herd moves slowly with their new calves in snowy conditions in April in Wallowa County, Oregon.
Courtesy of Angie Nash
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How might the beef industry diversify in the U.S.?

by Ashley Ahearn
Mar 22, 2022
One rancher in the Pacific Northwest built her own supply chain to control how her cows get to market.
Cory Carman loads a saddle into a trailer at Carman Ranch in Wallowa, Oregon.
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Biden administration pledges $1 billion to help small meatpackers compete

by Justin Ho
Jan 4, 2022
Just four companies process the lion's share of meat. Critics say that means high prices for consumers and low prices for ranchers.
Though the aid is meant to help smaller meatpackers expand their processing capacity, the industry is hampered by a shortage of workers.
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What's behind the boost to McDonald's burger sales?

by Renata Sago
Jun 25, 2019
Two words: fresh beef.
A McDonald's sign outside a restaurant in San Francisco, California.
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For Curtis Stone, the restaurant business is always an inch from disaster

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Jul 6, 2018
And that's part of the reason he loves it.
Curtis Stone (righ) opened Gwen, his Hollywood butcher shop and restaurant, alongside older brother Luke Stone (left).
Jessica Sun/Marketplace
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In a U.S.-China trade dispute, Iowa farmers may be the bargaining chips

by Marketplace Staff
Apr 5, 2018
With the announced Chinese tariffs on U.S. exports, things are looking pretty tough if you’re a farmer, and more so if you’re a farmer in Iowa. Five of the state’s central agriculture products — soybeans, corn, ethanol, beef and pork — would be hit if the tariffs go into effect. And that’s a big deal […]
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Another media company under the microscope with 'pink slime' defamation trial

by David Brancaccio
Jun 5, 2017
Beef Products Inc. has filed a nearly $6 billion lawsuit against ABC.
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Trump-Xi summit could spell good news for U.S. beef

by Andy Uhler
Apr 11, 2017
American ranchers are anxious to export to the growing Chinese middle class.
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