The impact agricultural cooperatives have on rural economic development was highlighted for 19 Nebraska agri-business students last month at the College Conference on Cooperatives at Minneapolis.The students participated in tours at CHS headquarters, the REI Sports Sales Coop, housing and food coops, and the Mill City Flour Museum. They also heard speakers from cooperatively-owned grocery stores, ag coops, rural electric coops, credit unions, and new coops.
Avian Flu episode claims 15k turkeys In Pope County, in Minnesota, avian flu is now being blamed for the deaths of nearly 15,000 turkeys. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture said that only workers handling the birds, all from the same commercial flock could be infected. Radio reported that four workers who had direct contact with the infected birds are being monitored by for respiratory illnesses. The virus was detected inside one turkey barn in Pope County. Birds died in just one of the barns. The state will quarantine some of the birds and euthanize others in an attempt to stop the Avian flu from spreading.
Should Meat Labels say Made in the USA? You may or may not have noticed the labels on your meat at the store stating, "Born, Raised, and Harvested in the U.S.A." or "Born and Raised in Canada, Slaughtered in the U.S." These are known as country of origin labels and they are part of an international trade dispute that has affected Midwest ranchers. The 2002 Farm Bill was the first to require these country-of-origin labels on meat. It took another seven years of rulemaking before they were actually put on the shelves in 2009. But last October, the World Trade Organization claimed that theses labels were an unfair trade barrier for people in other countries. The meat industry and these labels are now kind of in limbo.
U.S. pork exports up 10% in 2014 For the fourth year in a row U.S. pork exports reached the $6 billion mark. In 2014 4.803 billion pounds of pork and pork variety meats valued at $6.674 billion, were exported up 2 percent and 10 percent respectively from 2013. Our strong partnerships with other counties and rising demand across the globe for our product meant that even though we had record prices, we continued to see growing revenue from exports. During 2014, more than 100 countries around the world imported U.S. pork. The top five markets exported to were: Mexico, Japan , China and Hong Kong , Canada, and Korea.
Daisies Amongst The Snow This story was cute but not very ag related. A couple of city workers in Wisconsin have been shoveling snow to a park that not very many people need to go to in the winter time, because a community member's wife's memorial is there. Jerrod Ebert and Kevin Schultz (the men that scooped the snow) proved that kindness goes a long way, and that's pretty special.
South Korea FMD outbreaks continue South Korea says 77 outbreaks of foot and mouth disease (FMD) that started in that country in December 2014 are ongoing. South Korea has already destroyed 65,951 head of swine and 4 head of cattle caused from the outbreaks. In 2010 through 2011 South Korea had 155 outbreaks of FMD that ended in the destruction of 331,135 swine, cattle and goats. "PHIS should abandon its proposed rules that would relax our FMD protections against Brazil and Argentina,” Bullard added.
You've probably seen, but may not have noticed, labels on the meat at your grocery store that say something like "Born, Raised, & Harvested in the U.S.A." or "Born and Raised in Canada, Slaughtered in the U.S."These country-of-origin labels, as they are known, are part of an ongoing international trade dispute that has swept up Midwest ranchers. And they may not be long for store shelves.The 2002 Farm Bill was the first to require country-of-origin labeling on meat. It took another seven years of rulemaking and legal wrangling for the labels finally to reach supermarket shelves in 2009. But last October, the World Trade Organization, ruled that the labels were an unfair trade barrier for meat producers in other countries. That has left the labels
The impact agricultural cooperatives have on rural economic development was highlighted for 19 Nebraska agri-business students last month at the College Conference on Cooperatives at Minneapolis.The students participated in tours at CHS headquarters, the REI Sports Sales Coop, housing and food coops, and the Mill City Flour Museum. They also heard speakers from cooperatively-owned grocery stores, ag coops, rural electric coops, credit unions, and new coops.
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ReplyDeleteAvian Flu episode claims 15k turkeys
ReplyDeleteIn Pope County, in Minnesota, avian flu is now being blamed for the deaths of nearly 15,000 turkeys. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture said that only workers handling the birds, all from the same commercial flock could be infected. Radio reported that four workers who had direct contact with the infected birds are being monitored by for respiratory illnesses. The virus was detected inside one turkey barn in Pope County. Birds died in just one of the barns. The state will quarantine some of the birds and euthanize others in an attempt to stop the Avian flu from spreading.
Should Meat Labels say Made in the USA?
ReplyDeleteYou may or may not have noticed the labels on your meat at the store stating, "Born, Raised, and Harvested in the U.S.A." or "Born and Raised in Canada, Slaughtered in the U.S." These are known as country of origin labels and they are part of an international trade dispute that has affected Midwest ranchers. The 2002 Farm Bill was the first to require these country-of-origin labels on meat. It took another seven years of rulemaking before they were actually put on the shelves in 2009. But last October, the World Trade Organization claimed that theses labels were an unfair trade barrier for people in other countries. The meat industry and these labels are now kind of in limbo.
U.S. pork exports up 10% in 2014
ReplyDeleteFor the fourth year in a row U.S. pork exports reached the $6 billion mark. In 2014 4.803 billion pounds of pork and pork variety meats valued at $6.674 billion, were exported up 2 percent and 10 percent respectively from 2013. Our strong partnerships with other counties and rising demand across the globe for our product meant that even though we had record prices, we continued to see growing revenue from exports. During 2014, more than 100 countries around the world imported U.S. pork. The top five markets exported to were: Mexico, Japan , China and Hong Kong , Canada, and Korea.
Daisies Amongst The Snow
ReplyDeleteThis story was cute but not very ag related. A couple of city workers in Wisconsin have been shoveling snow to a park that not very many people need to go to in the winter time, because a community member's wife's memorial is there. Jerrod Ebert and Kevin Schultz (the men that scooped the snow) proved that kindness goes a long way, and that's pretty special.
South Korea FMD outbreaks continue
ReplyDeleteSouth Korea says 77 outbreaks of foot and mouth disease (FMD) that started in that country in December 2014 are ongoing. South Korea has already destroyed 65,951 head of swine and 4 head of cattle caused from the outbreaks. In 2010 through 2011 South Korea had 155 outbreaks of FMD that ended in the destruction of 331,135 swine, cattle and goats. "PHIS should abandon its proposed rules that would relax our FMD protections against Brazil and Argentina,” Bullard added.
You've probably seen, but may not have noticed, labels on the meat at your grocery store that say something like "Born, Raised, & Harvested in the U.S.A." or "Born and Raised in Canada, Slaughtered in the U.S."These country-of-origin labels, as they are known, are part of an ongoing international trade dispute that has swept up Midwest ranchers. And they may not be long for store shelves.The 2002 Farm Bill was the first to require country-of-origin labeling on meat. It took another seven years of rulemaking and legal wrangling for the labels finally to reach supermarket shelves in 2009. But last October, the World Trade Organization, ruled that the labels were an unfair trade barrier for meat producers in other countries. That has left the labels
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