DULUTH, Minn. (AP) - John Chalstrom peered into the bed of Don Bloom's pickup Thursday evening to look at the bear. Bloom, a Duluth bow hunter, had taken it just a couple of hours earlier.It was a warm, muggy evening at Chalstrom's Bait & Tackle north of Duluth. Bloom had brought his bear to be registered - and weighed."I'd guess 270," Chalstrom offered, guessing the bear's field-dressed weight.Bloom estimated a more conservative 240 pounds.But on the big scale in front of the store, the boar weighed in at a chunky 326 pounds.
...who helped turn a small Canadian french fry plant into the global McCain Foods empire and later went on to control meat processor Maple Leaf Foods. May 13. Michael William Coplestone Dillon Onslow, 73. The 7th earl of Onslow and a cheerful...
...pounds in 2010. Sen. Bill Ingebrigtsen, chairman of the Senate Environment and Natural Resources committee, said meat processors are not participating in the program because of all the rules. Minnesota Public Radio reported (http://bit...
...food shelves, but had to pay processing costs. More details on the program, as well as a list of participating meat processors, are available online at www.mndnr.gov/hunting/deer/donation. Processors who accept deer are paid $70...
Hunters and meat processors are rushing to keep deer from spoiling during unseasonably warm weather in Minnesota. Also, experts are advising people to drag...
...81 after a Goldman Sachs analyst upgraded the stock to "Recommended for Purchase" from "Market Outperformer." Meat processor IBP rose $3.44 at $21.75 on news it was being acquired by the investment unit of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette...
...even though, the company said, it wasn't clear that its beef was linked to the outbreak. The Green Bay, Wis., meat processor has recalled more than 1 million pounds of ground beef in 23 states.
...recalled 354,200 pounds of ground beef the next day. After the sicknesses began, federal inspectors decided to notify meat processors immediately when they suspect beef contamination.
...The spinal cord also is tested. The prions that contain the disease have never been found in muscle meat. Local meat processors will be given the venison, though where it will go is undecided, Schad said.
...and inspects Wisconsin's commercial meat processors. He said despite having no direct control...processing industry. "We regulate the meat processors, and in part of the rules for the meat processors are requirements for them if they process...
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