Direct Marketing Meat: Getting Started
By cutting out parts of the supply chain – distributors, marketers – they may earn a larger share of the total selling price.
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Extension supports the viability and growth of the meat industry by developing industry leaders; improving the safety, quality, and availability of products; educating about sustainability, wholesome, and importance of meat in the diet; and discovering new uses for animal components.
Educational opportunities such as the highly-regarded Master Meat Crafter Program and Short Courses/Workshops provide training to ensure safe, quality meat products.
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Direct Marketing Meat: Beef
Direct marketing offers a way for beef producers to potentially capture more value for their livestock.
Bird Breakdown: Exploring Yields and Cuts of Poultry
To better understand the amount of meat you may expect from different types of poultry, the first step is to recognize the difference in live weight compared to carcass weight.
Importance of Forage Growth Stages When Grazing Cattle
Grazing cattle sounds so simple. The forage grows, the cattle eat the forage, and it all ends with a “happily ever after.” Unfortunately, it’s not as simple as it sounds. To maximize cattle performance while grazing, producers must pay attention to the forage itself and how it can affect the grazing animals.
Direct Marketing Beef: Adding Value to your ProductÂ
Finding a way to add extra value to your product may take more time and effort, but in the long run it may lead to a sustainable and profitable option for your beef operation.Â
Are you ready? Antibiotics for livestock will be prescription only in 2023
The FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) plan for supporting veterinary antimicrobial stewardship will be fully implemented in 2023 when all remaining over-the-counter (OTC) antibiotics are switched to prescription-only status. The medically important antibiotics (used by humans and animals) becoming prescription only include injectable tylosin, injectable and intramammary penicillin, injectable and oral tetracycline, sulfadimethoxine and sulfamethazine, and cephapirin and cephapirin benzathine intramammary tubes.
Hydrated Surface Lethality
This study investigated the effectiveness of cooking processes that incorporated hydrated-surface lethality steps for ensuring the reduction of Salmonella on the surfaces of meat and poultry products cooked using short-time, high-temperature impingement oven processes.
Starting a Meat Business in Wisconsin
Information and resources to assist in establishing a meat business that adheres to state and federal regulations.
Meat Processing Procedures and Rules
Information and resources about processing meat products.
How much meat should a lamb yield?
Tips to help you better understand the amount of edible product expected from a grain finished lamb.