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When it comes to restaurants, looks can be deceiving. Great food can come from almost any kitchen, whether the restaurant is fancy or not. It's the unassuming spots that often prepare some of the best fried chicken, maybe because fried chicken is an unassuming dish itself. We examined customer reviews and expert recommendations to find fried chicken joints in every state that offer fantastic chicken in an unpretentious atmosphere. Next time you're in the mood for Southern-style fried chicken, check out these hole-in-the-wall joints, walk-up windows, drive-thrus, truck stops, and gas stations for a bucket of fried goodness — and maybe a side of mashed potatoes while you're at it.

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Futures File: China boosts pork and beans - Oklahoman.com

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Pork is getting pricier as foreign buyers, especially China, look to the U.S. to supply their meat demand. China lost millions of pigs last year to an epidemic, African swine fever, leaving them facing a pork shortage.

Meanwhile, U.S. slaughterhouse demand is finally returning to pre-COVID levels. For months, U.S. meatpackers had slowed down or shuttered plants as a result of COVID outbreaks in their tightly packed facilities. Rising domestic demand is helping hogs rebound from the abysmal low they reached in April of 37 cents.

Despite the 60% price gain seen since April, Friday’s price of 59.5 cents per pound for October lean hog futures is still too low for many pig farmers to make a profit, leaving them hoping for even more demand.

Unfortunately, they likely won’t see the demand from American grocery shoppers, who have been slowing their meat purchases and are likely to buy even less after Labor Day, traditionally the end of the summer grilling season.

Beans climb on exports

Soybeans exceeded a two-year high on Friday, valued over $9.70 per bushel.

The market has been soaring higher predominantly on Chinese demand; China is the world’s largest soybean importer and has been aggressively contracting to buy this fall’s U.S. soybean harvest. China broke records with its purchases of last year’s crop and is expected to buy even more this year.

Despite its protestations that China has sufficient food, the Asian giant was the top buyer of U.S. corn, wheat, and pork exports last week, as well.

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Taiwan opposition pushes pork referendum, could threaten U.S. trade deal - Reuters

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TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan’s main opposition party the Kuomintang (KMT) began a push on Sunday for a referendum to block the easing of restrictions on U.S. pork imports, which if passed could threaten a long-mooted free trade deal with Taipei’s key ally Washington.

Members of the Kuomintang (KTM), Taiwan's main opposition party, demonstrate on the sidelines of a news conference calling to oppose U.S. meat imports, in Taipei, Taiwan, September 6, 2020. REUTERS/Ben Blanchard

President Tsai Ing-wen announced last month that the government would from Jan. 1 allow in U.S. pork containing ractopamine, an additive that enhances leanness, and U.S. beef more than 30 months old.

Taiwan has long sought a free trade agreement with the United States, its most important supporter on the international stage, but Washington has complained about barriers to access for U.S. pork and beef.

KMT Chairman Johnny Chiang, elected in March to help turn around party fortunes following a trouncing in January’s presidential and parliament elections, said the party would begin collecting signatures for a referendum to be held next August.

“Starting next weekend on Sept. 12, we will spring up everywhere, getting signatures from counties and cities, showing the will of the people through concrete action,” he told the party’s annual conference in Taipei.

The KMT has pitched their opposition to the pork imports as a matter of food safety, Taiwan having been rocked by several safety scandals in recent years, pointing out that ractopamine is banned in major markets like the European Union.

Tsai’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party has previously also strongly objected to ractopamine.

The government has defended the easing of pork imports, saying they are bringing Taiwan into line with international norms and that the decision will boost Taiwan-U.S. ties.

Washington welcomed the move.

Taiwan and the United States are expected this month to start high-level economic talks in what could be a precursor to a broad free trade deal.

The KMT will need to collect around 200,000 signatures to get the referendum approved and put to a vote.

Chiang has been trying to turn around the fortunes of the party, which traditionally favours close ties with China.

Beijing claims Taiwan as sovereign Chinese territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring the island under its control.

Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore

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FOOD: Growing grass, selling beef - The Tribune | The Tribune - Ironton Tribune

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Double Shoe Ranch helps provide meat for community

By Taylor Burnette

The Ironton Tribune

SOUTH POINT — Stephen Walker jokes that he isn’t a cow farmer, but is instead a grass farmer.

“A corn farmer uses a combine to harvest corn, I use cattle to harvest my grass,” Walker said. “No one will come buy grass off of me, but they will come buy beef.”

Double Shoe Ranch is owned and operated by veterinarian Walker and his family in South Point, providing local, grass-fed, high-quality beef to the community.

Walker said he has seen an increase in demand amidst the possibility of a meat shortage due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It really is unprecedented, we’ve had just all kinds of demand for beef,” Walker said. “We have plenty of cows, but you know, the slaughterhouses are backed up for months now.”

Each day that Walker calls the butcher to schedule in a cow for a customer, the butcher has already scheduled out another two weeks. The normal wait time around the spring, Walker said, is usually a month at most.

Now, new appointments are being scheduled for September.

The ranch sells beef in full, half, quarter and one eighth sizes at $100 per eighth of a cow. They try to keep their prices as low as possible, Walker said, charging only what they need to keep afloat as a viable business.

Each purchase includes different cuts of beef. This includes ground beef, roasts and steaks, depending on the size purchased. A full cow can be cut to the customer’s specifications. Walker has had some customers request the full cow in the form of ground beef.

Double Shoe Ranch’s cows eat a diet of well-developed grass and roam in roomy pastures on the ranch’s nearly 1,000 acres.

Using his academic background in science, Walker studied the best farming practices, focusing on what was best for his land and cows.

In the last seven years, Walker said he has been able to get his herd through the winter with no hay whatsoever, using year-round grazing with pastures he has developed over the past 25 years.

Like his pastures, Double Shoe Ranch has deep roots. Having been in the family for three generations, it was first purchased by Walker’s grandparents in 1943, beginning with only 65 acres.

“I grew up really close with my grandparents, and my dad had a big farm on out, further in the country,” Walker said. “We raised cattle, but I spent a lot of time with my grandparents and just kind of got the bug. I wanted to be a farmer. That’s all I ever wanted.”

Walker’s father told him about the difficulty of making a living by farming, so Walker decided to also follow his childhood dream of becoming a veterinarian.

After receiving a degree in zoology, Walker took a break from academia, or so he thought, and began working at Ashland Oil after working there during a summer program for college students. He later received another degree in environmental chemistry.

He purchased his aging grandparents’ farm in 1973, 30 years after they originally bought it. Walker worked during the day and farmed in the evenings, but over time he felt called back to veterinarian work.

Inspired by his mother, who always loved her job, he decided it was time to pursue another career.

“I had always sort of had a dream of being a veterinarian in the background, and I finally sort of took a leap of faith and decided I was going to do it, because I’m getting too old, you know,” Walker said. “I quit Ashland Oil and went back to vet school.”

Walker now works as a veterinarian and runs the farm with his wife and two sons. Although the schedule can be a bit crazy, Walker and his family enjoy the lifestyle and the work.

“It’s a good life, but there’s always something to do,” Walker said. “I’ve got spare time every day between midnight and three in the morning, and then we’re pretty busy. You know, we’ve been blessed though.”

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Beef is proving more profitable than chicken in the pandemic - messenger-inquirer

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Inexpensive chicken was supposed to be the pick of the proteins in the pandemic. But suppliers with a greater focus on beef are outperforming those that rely more on poultry.

U.S. and Brazilian chicken producers have been struggling amid oversupply, weak prices and sluggish consumption, with analysts saying a production cut may be needed to prop up prices and defend margins. Beef suppliers have benefited from comparatively stronger demand and prices.

In the U.S., meat production has recovered from virus disruptions, meaning supplies are outstripping demand amid still sluggish food-service sales. With beef output back to normal, the red meat is likely to compete with chicken for grocery-store sales.

“We are going to have this flood of red meat coming into the market,” said Peter Galbo, an analyst at Bank of America, adding that retail features for beef are expected to rise “dramatically” this autumn.

Meanwhile chicken prices are too low and demand too weak to justify advertisements that can help generate sales.

Sanderson Farms, the third-biggest U.S. chicken producer, estimated last week its total production in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 will fall 5% from a year earlier. CEO Joe Sanderson predicted “lower demand during the holiday season for all of our products.”

In top chicken exporter Brazil lower output or higher prices may be inevitable to cover a sharp rise in feed costs, said Ricardo Santin, head of exporter group ABPA.

Local corn and soy-meal prices are at all-time highs amid strong demand and local currency weakness that boosts the appeal for exports. Corn prices should stay high amid tight supplies this year, according to Ana Luiza Lodi, an analyst at StoneX in Campinas. The government is considering exempting imports from tariffs to lower costs. Almost 80% of the cost of producing birds comes from feed in the country.

Brazilian poultry companies face weakness in both export and local sales. Traditional buyers such as Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates have reduced imports substantially this year. Export prices in August fell 20% from a year earlier.

China is the exception, with Brazil’s exports to the Asian nation climbing 28% this year. But China represents just 17% of Brazilian chicken exports. It’s a different situation in beef, with shipments breaking records this year due to China, which accounts for almost 60% of Brazilian exports.

While a slump in the Brazilian real, boosts export revenue in local currency, that hasn’t been enough to offset higher costs, squeezing exporters’ margins since May, according to Cesar de Castro Alves, an agriculture consultant at Itau BBA. In August, chicken production margins were negative 5%.

The local market hasn’t been helping, with consumption steady despite lower prices. Chicken’s discount to beef has never been bigger. While food-service demand is showing some green shoots, restaurant sales are still low and schools remained closed.

“Brazil’s chicken sector is at a crossroads, with producers increasing output amid a weak export demand and rising costs,” Alves, from Itau BBA, said in a telephone interview. Producers need lower supply to lift prices and return to profitability, he said.

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Grill big this Labor Day with a whole chicken, pork loin or beef tenderloin — and reap the benefits of leftovers - The Washington Post

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Hot dogs and hamburgers are the typical cookout fare — crowd-pleasing, quick-cooking and designed for customizable, individual servings.

Maybe you’re ready to grill something different, something bigger. If you’re only cooking for your family, or your close pod, you may be disinclined to tackle grilling multiple large cuts of meat or fish.

But I’d encourage you to consider a few of the options below from our Recipe Finder. Most feed a modest 4 to 6, and would make for great leftovers in sandwiches, tacos or salads.

Coca-Cola Smoked Beef Tenderloin, above. It’s a splurge but a worthy one, and the pairing of the high-end meat with a soft-drink-based marinade is just great.

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Grill-Roasted Pork Loin With Blackberry Sauce. Roasting a piece of meat inside during summer can be unappealing, so try treating your grill like an oven. See also: Grill-Roasted Chicken, With a Smoking Option.

[A dry marinade and two-zone grill are the one-two punch of great grilling]

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Cherry-Glazed Baby Back Ribs. First comes a sweet and spicy dry rub before a low and slow cook. At the end, the ribs get lacquered with a chipotle-spiked glaze made with cherry preserves and tart cherry juice.

[Browse our Recipe Finder for more than 9,000 Post-tested recipes at washingtonpost.com/recipes]

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Chipotle Honey-Marinated Steak. Hot honey is the MVP of this recipe.

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Korean al Pastor. A Labor Day taco party? Count us in with this spicy, fruity pork shoulder.

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Johnson’s Boucanière Pork Butt. No way around it — this recipe’s a project. If, however, you like to smoke your meat, you’re in for something special. Expect outstanding pulled pork sandwiches.

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Chicken Grilled Under a Brick. Spatchcocking a whole chicken, or cutting out the backbone and flattening it, works just as well on the grill as it does in the oven, and the crisp skin can’t be beat. Alternatively, there’s no need to wait until Thanksgiving for turkey: Check out Pit-Cooked-Style Turkey.

[Fire up the grill for these 9 chicken recipes, including barbecue, jerk and bang bang]

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Planked Salmon With Smoky Orange Aioli and Salsa Verde. Grilling a salmon fillet on a cedar plank makes the process very easy without the risk of the fish falling apart. Plus, the plank can be the serving platter. Other options: Whole Smoke-Grilled Mountain Trout; Lemon and Dill Salmon.

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Study Says Iowa Pork Industry Is Worth $41-Billion In Sales - KIWARadio.com

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Statewide Iowa — A study from the Iowa Pork Producers Association shows the hog industry contributes significantly to Iowa’s economy, in addition to keeping many small towns alive.

Association president Mike Paustian, of Walcott, says they wanted to show policymakers how important pork production is to everyone’s bottom line in the state.

(As above) “This was an effort that IPPA did to try to actually put some real numbers to it,” Paustian says. “When you start to do that, you see that the pork industry in Iowa is a big economic driver and it’s certainly something for producers to be very proud of.” 

With more than 54-hundred pig farms statewide, the study shows pork industry sectors generated nearly 41-billion dollars in sales, with production accounting for 34-percent of the total, or almost 14-billion in sales from pork operations.

(As above) “Pork farmers are greatly contributing to these rural economies and helping smaller towns stay vibrant and helping people find jobs who want to live in small town Iowa,” Paustian says. “That’s great that that allows people to live that lifestyle that so many of us are in love with.” 

Paustian says the study shows Iowa’s pork industry created over 147-thousand jobs.

(As above) “It’s nice to reflect on where our industry has gotten to and what it does as far as providing safe and affordable food for folks,” he says, “but also providing a lot of jobs.” 

Paustian says the analysis indicates a new pig barn sources about 35-percent of inputs locally. That’s because a new barn’s construction requires purchases including steel, concrete and equipment. There are almost 25-million hogs in Iowa, which accounts for about 32-percent of the entire U-S hog inventory.

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