Redfield punches production numbers after beef workshop From The Prairie Star Alan Redfield has been punching numbers lately trying to determine what his cost of production is for a pound of beef raised on the Warfield family ranch near Pray, Mont. "We have requested the Fish Wildlife and Parks Service be there because in the brucellosis management plan we have in hand, it says they (FWP officials) are to keep the elk separated from the cattle from Jan. 1 through June 1, and we're going to ask them to do that." The Fish Wildlife and Parks Service has yet to put forth...

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Schools pull suspect beef from lunch menus From NewsReview Most Douglas County students won't see beef on their school lunch menus for a while. Westland actually processes the carcasses of meat supplied to it by Hallmark Meat Packing Co., where the mistreatment allegedly occurred. So far there's no evidence that the meat was tainted, Evans said, but the department is encouraging schools to put aside all their ground beef from the USDA until more information is available. The school won't use any of the beef it has on hand, either, until it's...

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Congress may need to intervene on behalf of beef producers From The Prairie Star Various farm groups have joined together to insist the U.S. government take stronger action against "Argentina's pattern of defiance of international norms, from the country's debt repudiation to its unfair agricultural practices." We feel, as do these farm groups, that Argentina needs to work with the U.S. to show they are willing to address the problems with their economy and how those problems are affecting U.S. taxpayers, cattlemen and ranchers, and educators. While the loan default...

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Peninsula school districts examine origin of beef in wake of state ... From Peninsula Daily Several school districts on the North Olympic Peninsula are among more than 100 districts statewide that have pulled beef from the menu in the wake of a U.S. Department of Agriculture investigation. Port Townsend and Chimacum school districts and the Quillayute Valley School District in Forks also pulled beef from their menus as a precaution, even though they were not listed by the state as potential recipients of the meat. Crescent School District in Joyce is keeping beef on the menu after...

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What's their beef? From SunSentinel.com Redick: Buried on the Magic bench since he was selected 11th in the 2006 draft, Redick simply lacks the defensive ability to crack Stan Van Gundy's rotation. Redick's representatives have approached the Magic about a trade, but General Manager Otis Smith said he needs Redick as a fallback option, with Keyon Dooling, Carlos Arroyo, Keith Bogans and Maurice Evans all potential free agents next summer. Agent Marc Fleisher already has fielded overseas offers for the impending free agent, who...

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