Meaty Diets Push Beef Prices Up

Associated Press: "Until recently, a lanky Texan like Paul Genho had little interest in celebrity doctors and their diet trends. But thanks to the toppled food pyramid advised by the low-carbohydrate Atkins and South Beach diets, red meat sales are up again. Beef is hot, beef is back,' said Genho, manager of the 825,000-acre King Ranch, one of the country's top beef producers. Breed bulls are going for $40,000 and live cattle prices were recently trading over $1 a pound. 'Eighty cents is considered healthy,' Genho said, noting that a few years ago, prices were in the 50-cent range."