Market Forecaster Nov 3, 2009
Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin said the central government of Taiwan should reconsider its decision last week to expand access to U.S. beef imports, including bone-in products and variety meats that present a risk of carrying bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Higher deferred milk futures, escalating govt dairy price support efforts, lower feed costs, and a cap on bids along with the fifth buyout program in the past 15 months combined to limit interest in the latest round of bids with only 26,000 head... (Midwest Bulls Eye, NE)
Two Cookbooks (and Recipes) for Meat Lovers: Beef and Lobel's Meat Bible Sep 4, 2009
Like Torode, the Lobels give offal its own chapter, albeit, renamed as Variety Meats. Game Birds & Game covers exactly that, with recipes for quail, duck, and venison. (Epicurious.com)
Kitchen nightmares Jun 29, 2009
Intellectually, I can deal with other variety meats but my body revolts when asked to eat toilet-stinky andouillette, giblet salad or pig's lung soup. I still crack a sweat at the memory of a perfect set of spongy lungs being lifted, intact and joined, from the tureen of almond soup. (The Age, Australia)
Exports to China, Japan bolster US pork industry Mar 23, 2009
Mexicans favor legs and picnic shoulders; the Chinese prefer variety meats. Federation President Philip Seng said pork exported to Japan and China is often sliced into smaller pieces to make it easier to eat with chopsticks. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
Marketing Briefs: Four railcars of U.S. sorghum destined for Canada Mar 11, 2009
161 million tons of pork variety meats and 764,000 tons of pork cuts. Kenya is waiving its import duty on corn in a bid to ease shortages in the country, where about one-fourth of the population is in need of food aid. (Midwest Bulls Eye, NE)
U.S. welcomes increased beef exports to South Korea Feb 12, 2009
6 million pounds of beef and beef variety meats to South Korea, according to the USDA.. In 2007, an estimated 53. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
Former meat export chairman see Japan as best potential for growth Feb 8, 2009
But I think it could even exceed 100 if we can get variety meats included ... It is estimated that the loss of the NAFTA markets would cost cattle producers 50 to 60 per head, Halstrom said, but I think it would be quite a bit more than that because of all the end cuts and variety meats we would have to absorb into the domestic market. (Midwest Bulls Eye, NE)
