Category Archives: Arizona farmers and ranchers
Can you dig it? It’s National Potato Month!
There’s still time to celebrate the potato! See how much you know about the spud with our 10 fun potato facts!
Truth, transparency in food labeling
The Corn Refiners Association is hoping the FDA will heed its petition to use the label “corn sugar” as a replacement to high fructose corn syrup.
Arizona’s wheat – all it’s cracked up to be
Wheat is one of the world’s oldest and most important crops grown and Arizona is a big player in the wheat field! A report recently released by British scientists decoded the genetic sequence of wheat – a development they hope … Continue reading
Out to Pasture and On To Quality Grass on the McGibbon and King Family Ranches
Hungry for beef? Want it to be grass-fed? Arizona beef producers can accommodate you.
In fact, a generational ranch family in southern Arizona can accommodate a variety of niche beef markets for that matter.
Beef is Back!!
The economic collapse in 2008 caused a large drop in consumer spending which in turn affected the prices of calves, feeder cattle, cows and beef. The impact – a 12% drop in beef demand as people cooked lower valued beef cuts at home and ate at restaurants less – caused a 25% drop in cattle prices. Times were tough. But as we know – tough times don’t last but tough people do. Cattle producers are tough people.