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  Beef Prices Concern Traders

Beef Price Sticker Shock

  Beef prices are going up with ground beef up 9 percent in a year, reports CNBC's Jane Wells. And it doesn't look like it will come down any time this summer.

Beef Retail Prices Up

  Lean ground beef is up 21 percent to $4.81 per pound, reports CNBC's Jane Wells. And it could turn more consumers to cheaper cuts of meat.

Some cutting back amid high beef prices

Some shoppers are buying less beef since this month's report that wholesale beef prices have hit an all time high. Full story

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  Why beef prices are rising

MSNBC’s Betty Nguyen gets the latest economy headlines from analyst Hitha Prahbahker. Prahbahker comments on the Dow’s record territory and how the Fed’s effort to keep interest rates low will perpetuate the Dow’s growth. Moms should be expecting some bling this Mother’s Day as the NRF is projecting

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  Beef & Dairy Blues

The rising cost of feed is pushing beef prices higher, reports CNBC's Jane Wells.

  Erica Hill shares family recipe for boeuf bourguignon

“It’s one of my favorites because my dad always made it,” said TODAY’s Erica Hill. TODAY’s Erica Hill shows her co-anchors how to make the dish that’s especially close to her heart.

  Which cut of beef is most fattening?

Kathie Lee and Hoda each have their own team of ladies competing to get fit. Joined by TODAY nutritionist Joy Bauer, the two teams go head to head to see which has the highest health IQ, fielding questions such as which cut of beef is most fattening and whether brown rice has fewer calories than whi

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File photo of ground Alberta beef in coolers at Bon Ton Meat Market in Calgary
File photo of ground Alberta beef in coolers at Bon Ton Meat Market in Calgary

Ground Alberta beef in seen in coolers at Bon Ton Meat Market in Calgary, Alberta in this October 3, 2012 file photo. REUTERS/Todd Korol/Files

An employee displays a case of frozen beef lasagne dinners which were removed from stores and are prepared for destruction in a central purchasing warehouse under a sign on a door which reads "Products for Destruction" in Villeneuve
An employee displays a case of frozen beef lasagne dinners which were removed from stores and are prepared for destruction in a central purchasing warehouse under a sign on a door which reads "Products for Destruction" in Villeneuve

An employee displays a case of frozen beef lasagne dinners, removed from stores and prepared for destruction, under a sign on a door which reads "Products for Destruction" in a central purchasing warehouse in Villeneuve, Southwestern France, February 15, 2013. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

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Employees at meat processing plant Willy Selten in Oss work on Feb. 15 after Dutch officials raided the factory believed to be mixing horsemeat and beef and selling it on as pure beef. Around 10 countries are so far affected by Europe's spiralling food crisis, in which horsemeat has ended up in mill