Beef http://beefmagazine.com/ Beef News en-us Are Tax Payers Finally Waking Up? http://beefmagazine.com/cowcalfweekly/0710-are-tax-payers-waking-up For many inside and outside the U.S., it’s been a glorious past six months or so. A new administration has presided cowcalfweekly Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:48:00 EDT Fever Tick Quarantine Area Expanded In South Texas http://beefmagazine.com/cowcalfweekly/0710-fever-tick-quarantine-south-texas Battling to eradicate cattle fever ticks in South Texas, the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) has temporarily quarantined cowcalfweekly Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:46:00 EDT It’s Gut Check Time On Your Performance Goals http://beefmagazine.com/cowcalfweekly/0710-its-gut-check-time-performance Yikes. Where does time go? We’re now officially halfway through the year. Are you halfway to your annual goals? cowcalfweekly Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:38:00 EDT Wal-Mart Dwarfs All Others In Top 75 Retailers List http://beefmagazine.com/cowcalfweekly/0710-walmart-top-75-retailers Supermarket News recently posted the Top 75 largest food retailers and wholesalers in the U.S. and Canada. Together, they accounted cowcalfweekly Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:28:00 EDT Meat and Poultry Industries Represent 6 Percent of Nation’s GDP http://beefmagazine.com/markets/0709-nations-gdp-agriculture The American Meat Institute released a new economic impact study in June that shows the nation's meat and poultry industry contributes roughly $832 billion, nearly 6% of total gross domestic product, to the U.S. economy, along with nearly 6.2 million jobs and $200 billion in wages and benefits. markets Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:41:00 EDT