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Daily Price Points

USDA Crude Soybean Oil (Cash Price) - 8/19/2008 - 50.77

Omaha, US No 2 Yellow Corn (Cash Price) - 8/19/2008 - 5.33

Yellow Sheet Pork Carcass Cutout Value - 8/19/2008 - 0.899

UB Turkey Index - Total Value - Hen - 8/19/2008 - 0.734

Daily News

AMI offering family business seminar

Cargill earnings up for 4Q, fiscal 2008

E. coli conference gains more sponsors, early registration to end

Meat, poultry advisory committee to meet

Pork, soybean groups partner for research

Daily News Video

Cover Story

Dairy Queen highlights its menu options

DQ has served center-of-the-plate proteins such as hamburgers, hot dogs and chicken for five decades. In fact, this year marks the company's 50th year with protein products.

by Tom Wray

Columns

Editor's Journal: What does Wal-Mart know that others do not?
A New York Times report about the staying power of old technologies offered provocative insight into survival tactics that could well apply to businesses across the board.

by Barbara Young

Final Word: Fremont figures it out

On July 29, the city council of Fremont, Neb., voted 4-4 on a proposed ordinance (effectively killing it) aimed at preventing illegal immigrants from renting housing or being hired by local businesses.

by Andy Hanacek

Analysis

Barbara's B L O G
John F. Kennedy had it right when he said running for office is a whole lot different from being in office. Once in office, you get so much conflicting advice from advisors that it is hard to know what to do. It is a no-brainer that concepts, strategies, plans and proposals are only as good as the people charged with their execution.

August 2008 Issue

•	Dairy Queen highlights its menu options

•	Editor's Journal: What does Wal-Mart know that others do not?

•	Final Word: Fremont figures it out

Germ Warfare Series:
FDA-proposed changes...

Germ Warfare: Monitoring hogs to protect food supply

Yersinia enterocolitica is a major human foodborne pathogen which causes approximately 87,000 human cases and approximately 1,100 hospitalizations each year in the United States.

by Dr. Saumya Bhaduri
Dr. Irene K. Wesley, DRPH

Products

June Creator's Brief

A new brochure from Cargill Texturizing Solutions discusses the benefits of carrageenans’ gelling, thickening and stabilizing properties.

New Products: Hormel introduces new authentic sliced deli meats

In response to consumers’ feedback, Hormel® Authentic Deli products have been converted to a 100-percent natural line of sliced deli meats.

May Creators' Briefs

Industry News

Sara Lee names Welch VP of customer management

Sara Lee North American Retail has announced the appointment of Shawn Welch as vice president of customer management.

Supplier's Marketplace

Hand Sanitation

The GOJO TFX Dispensing System is designed for use in washrooms and other non-washdown environments.

Transfer Sheets

Flavorseal has introduced its Flavor Wraps Spice and Flavor Transfer Sheets as a way to reduce labor and time for spice application.

Flavor Masking

Symrise Flavors has introduced SymLife Mask®, a new series of flavor-masking solutions that come under the Get Active category of Symrise’s Taste for Life branding platform.

Software

Tharo Systems Inc. has presented the Terminal Server version of its Easylabel 5 software for product identification, bar code and RFID labeling.

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Calendar of Events

Aug 20, 2008 - Aug 23, 2008
National Meat Association Summer Conference
Telluride, Colorado

Aug 22, 2008 - Aug 23, 2008
Cattlemen's Boot Camp
College Station, Texas

Aug 23, 2008 - Aug 25, 2008
Western Foodservice & Hospitality Expo
Los Angeles, California

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