Missouri Beef Industry Council

Week of July 28, 2008

This Week in Missouri:

MBIC Board Meeting
Missouri Cattlemen Foundation Board meeting
Missouri Restaurant Association Board meeting
St. Louis Dairy Council Meeting

Websites

This week the MBIC Blog www.missouribeefcouncil.com, features a quick update on the beef industry's food safety efforts from Dawn.
www.mobeef.org, MBIC's website, has a direct connection to our blog. Go to the "producer's" section and you'll find it!
www.lunchlearn.com, the Lunch and Learn website, discusses the event last week at Kip Cullers farm in Newton County!

Market Update

Choice/Select Spread: $6.73/cwt.
16,236 feeder cattle sold in the state of Missouri last week compared to 21,278 a year ago. Avg. prices/weights:
563 lb. steers averaged $115.16
553 lb. heifers averaged $105.17
550 lb. Holstein steers $77.59
Springer Holstein Heifers $1,975-2,475

www.mybeefcheckoff.com
MyBeefCheckoff.com is a new source of information about the national $1 beef checkoff. This site is designed to help you learn more about how the checkoff is managed, about the programs funded through the checkoff and, most important, about results the beef checkoff has produced. It is managed by the Cattlemen's Beef Board and serves as a new tool for producers to stay on top of national checkoff programs!

Downer Cattle Law Signed (from Cattle Network.com)
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation Tuesday to crack down on the sale of downed cattle for human consumption in response to the largest beef recall in U.S. history.

"I am committed to ensuring California's food supply is safe and secure," Schwarzenegger said in a prepared statement after signing Assembly Bill 2098.

"With today's action, we are strengthening California's food safety laws and sending a message that violating these laws will not be tolerated."

Assembly Bill 2098, by Democratic Assemblyman Paul Krekorian of Burbank, makes it a misdemeanor to buy, sell, process or butcher a non-ambulatory animal for human consumption.