US: The Gentle Cattle Industry

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The U.S. is considered to be one of the biggest flour producer countries in the world. Key players in flour milling industry in the U.S. are Archer Daniels Midland Company, ConAgra Foods Inc., General Mills Inc., King Arthur Flour Company Inc., and White Wings and Willmar International. It is known that wheat is the most common cereal that is used in production of flour and that it is produced at almost every state of the U.S. Recent years the demand for wheat flour increased due to the change in tastes and preferences of consumers. This includes the expansion of fast food restaurants all over the country, production of pasta products, the people’s desire to eat outside and concern about including in the daily life high-fiber dishes (Vocke,

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