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May - June 2005

Insight to the beef industry

Beef industry media analysis, March-April 2005

Activists posing as concerned doctors push vegetarian agenda

Industry, USDA offer differing views on implementing animal ID

USDA releases new food guidance system, MyPyramid

Putting the new food guidance system to work

Beef checkoff-funded research showcased at Experimental Biology meeting

Despite successes, industry remains focused on improving beef safety

E. coli illnesses in humans decline, reaching goals set for 2010

Codex task force will debate addressing an issue like cloning

Panel recommends excluding rural dust from coarse particulate matter standard

Environmental stewardship award program honors producers who care for land

Trade issues overview

Taiwan consumers crave U.S. beef

First quarter beef imports down from 2004

2005 feeder-cattle imports so far, up from same time last year

2005 beef exports improve, Mexico more than half the total

The U.S. ground beef market: Why imports help

Cattle economic and situation outlook

Wholesale beef values improve in April and May, Choice/Select premium peaks

Packer margins improve, producer share stabilizes

Certain demographic characteristics typify non-beef eaters and meat avoiders

Beef remains consumers' No. 1 resaurant meal, but chicken is gaining

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Profiling the most prominent anti-beef industry activist groups

E. coli illnesses in humans decline, reaching goals set for 2010



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