VOL. 18, NO. 4 / FALL 2023 / URNER BARRY'S REPORTER • 3
VOLUME 18 | NUMBER 4 | FALL 2023 | QUARTERLY
CONTENTS
28PROP-12: A COMPREHENSIVE
ACCOUNT FROM THE VIEW OF A
PORK MARKET ANALYST
36THE U.S. EGG MARKET
STABILIZES AS FARMERS
RECOVER FROM BIRD FLU
48
THE HISTORICAL RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN INTEREST RATES AND
PROTEIN PRODUCTION
12AI ON THE PLATE
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Main ingredients News bites A la carte
10 Swimming upstream: The fishy
business of salmon farms and
political maneuvers
13 AI snapshot
14 Artificial intelligence's
transformative touch in the
hog industry
16 Leveraging AI and robotics for
more efficient food production
18 The impact of AI technology in fish
farming and processing
20 Leveraging AI technology for
maximizing the benefits of seafood
by-products
22 Revolutionizing drive-thrus and
widening profits
5 Major retailers dropping print
circulars
6 FoodStory Brands adding color to
the 'whitespace' of food
26 U.S. beef cow herd declines for a
fifth straight year
30 How are the hog and pork
industries adjusting to
Proposition 12?
32 Despite lower imports and minimal
volatility, shrimp prices continue to
go down
38 U.S. approves sale of cell cultured
chicken meat
44 Why egg product prices in the EU
plummeted for four months
54 Assessing the impact of Brexit on
UK beef import markets
58 Exchange rate impacts Mexican
export market
65 "Unprecedented" situation
squeezes animal nutrition division
at Evonik
8 Definitive pricing trends coming
into view
24 Women in Food and Agriculture
roadshow headed to
Global Protein Summit
34 Flashfood: Aiding the world and
stretching wallets
40 Restoring oyster reefs in
New York Harbor
42 The supply of olive oil diminishes
46 Celebrating national
pescatarian month
52 A closer look at the National
Fisheries Institute's Crab Council
56 Cattle cycle: How does it work,
what should I know?
60 Where there's smoke,
there's turkey!
62 It's time to start truly valuing eggs
64 Feedinfo Summit in September
2023 focuses on how to be
prepared for 2024
66 Quick bites