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By Burt Rutherford Contributing Editor “The demand for those upper two-thirds Choice and Prime cuts is absolutely prevalent. But the real driver for this market is ground beef,” contends Don Close, senior protein analyst for Terrain. Around 50 percent of the beef consumed in the United States is hamburger, a number that has remained steady […]

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By Betty Jo Gigot Publisher A recent trip to my former home, Garden City, Kan., after two years, was a...

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