This blog is used to serve as a means for the Hampton Ag Ed Animal Science class to complete their quote of the day activity. Students will post their comments each day.
Monday, March 9, 2015
Monday 3/9/15 Morning Ag Clips (50 word min)
Here is the link. Make sure no more then 3 posts are made for each article.
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 Claims 15k Turkeys- An epidemic of avian flu has killed 15 thousand turkeys in Pope County, Minnesota. Only workers who directly handled the bird are in danger of being affected by the disease and four are currently being monitored. In attempts to stop the disease from spreading some birds will be quarantined or euthanized. Minnesota produces the most turkeys out of the United States so people are a little scared.
This was basically stating the advantages and disadvantages of COOL (Country Of Origin Labeling) . Personally I feel that this is a good system to have. I think that people should be able to choose whether or not they want home grown beef or not.
In 2014, 26.5 percent of U.S. pork and pork variety meat were exported adding $62.45 per hog marketed. Strong pork variety meat demand around the world continues to increase exports and positively impact producer profitability. For every $1 million of pork variety meats exported, the live value of hogs increased by $0.20 per cwt, according to a regression analysis conducted by Iowa State University.
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.
ReplyDeleteAvian Flu Claims 15k Turkeys- An epidemic of avian flu has killed 15 thousand turkeys in Pope County, Minnesota. Only workers who directly handled the bird are in danger of being affected by the disease and four are currently being monitored. In attempts to stop the disease from spreading some birds will be quarantined or euthanized. Minnesota produces the most turkeys out of the United States so people are a little scared.
ReplyDeleteShould meat labels say made in USA?
ReplyDeleteThis was basically stating the advantages and disadvantages of COOL (Country Of Origin Labeling) . Personally I feel that this is a good system to have. I think that people should be able to choose whether or not they want home grown beef or not.
In 2014, 26.5 percent of U.S. pork and pork variety meat were exported adding $62.45 per hog marketed. Strong pork variety meat demand around the world continues to increase exports and positively impact producer profitability. For every $1 million of pork variety meats exported, the live value of hogs increased by $0.20 per cwt, according to a regression analysis conducted by Iowa State University.
ReplyDeleteYou'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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