What to know about buying beef at the grocery store

One of the questions I get most often is “how do I know what beef to buy at the grocery store”.  So, I decided to ask an expert about what she looks for when she’s buying beef from the supermarket. Shelene McNeill executive director of nutrition science, health and wellness for the National Cattlemen’s Beef…… Continue Reading

Too soon to know full impacts of weather extremes

Climatologists say it’s too soon to know how exactly much the excessive moisture and other weather extremes have negatively affected the U.S. crop. “So far, the (weekly USDA) crop conditions are generally very good. But usually, wetter years aren’t big yield loss years.” Dennis Todey with USDA’s Midwest Climate Hub says overall, while U.S. crop…… Continue Reading

Warmer end to growing season expected

An ag meteorologist says the short-term forecast will give crop fields a break from rain. Jeff Andresen is the Michigan state climatologist. “Precipitation totals projected here for the upcoming week are all below normal across Michigan and much of the Great Lakes region, most areas less than 1/4 of an inch if that occurs,” he…… Continue Reading

European commission to allow some GM corn imports

In early July, the European Commission said it would allow the imports of two genetically modified corn crops and the commission renewed an authorization for another GM corn product for human food and animal feed. “It’s a huge validation about everything we know about the science of biotech corn products.” Nancy Martinez with the National…… Continue Reading

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