Thoughts From The Middle of Nowhere

Category: Cattle

  • Wisdom of Cloning

    <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/28/AR2006122800552.html" >FDA Says Clones Are Safe To Eat</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Taking a long-awaited stand in an emotionally fraught food fight, the Food and Drug Administration yesterday released a 678-page analysis concluding that milk and meat from cloned animals pose no unique risks to consumers.<br />n<br />nThe decision, subject to change after a period of public…

  • Empty Threat

    <a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=93986" >S. Korea Threatens To Ban U.S. Beef Again</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>South Korean legislators talked tough on Wednesday, warning they might reinstate a ban on U.S. beef imports if Washington continues to demand that Seoul ease its quarantine inspection standards.<br />n<br />n“The U.S. should be aware that if the U.S. Congress continues to press with…

  • Cattle Herd Contraction

    <a href="http://www.agriculture.com/ag/futuresource/FutureSourceStoryIndex.jhtml?storyId=76600218" >DJ OUTLOOK 07: US Cattle Herd To Be Thinner In New Yr</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The nation's beef cattle herd, both in number and by<br />nweight, will be thinner in 2007, say some analysts, with high corn prices seen<br />nas a major deterrent to expansion.<br />n<br />n Analysts used current 2007 corn futures values in…

  • Expensive Burger

    I occasionally read stories about expensive hamburgers and they astound me. Here's another one.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Jakarta-hotel-puts-110-burger-on-menu/2006/12/19/1166290520313.html" >Jakarta hotel puts $110 burger on menu</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A hotel in Indonesia is dishing out a hamburger that costs more than twice the monthly minimum wage in some parts of the country.<br />n<br />nThe $US110 ($A141.27) hamburger offered…

  • Resonable Thoughts

    I've been trying to get a handle on what is going to happen to cattle prices with the Ethanol boom driving corn prices so high. Part of <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/12/14/news/local/30-stockgrowers.txt">this story</a> finally clued me in to the best explanation I've seen.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>What might be really ridiculous is corn going to $4 a bushel.<br />n<br />nMichael…

  • Troublesome

    <a href="http://www.hutchnews.com/news/regional/stories/cattlemeds121206.shtml" >Antibiotics in cattle a concern for consumers</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote> Just as in humans, the use of antibiotics quickly can help a sick cow return to the pink of health.<br />n<br />nBut in the cattle industry, that isn't the only use of antibiotics.<br />n<br />nSince the 1950s, it's been common to give so-called "sub-therapeutic"…

  • South Korea Acts Up Again

    You might remember my rant about <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2252-South-Koreas-Trade-Barrier.html">South Korea's unofficial, official</a> trade barrier to US Beef. Well I see South Korea has again threw up it's unofficial, official trade barrier for the world to see.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/06/asia/AS_GEN_SKorea_US_Beef.php" >South Korea says banned bone pieces found in third U.S. beef shipment</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>South Korea said Wednesday…

  • Baucus Stands Up

    A little more information on my rant yesterday about <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2252-South-Koreas-Trade-Barrier.html">South Korea's unofficial, official</a> trade barrier to US beef.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/12/04/news/state/50-baucus.txt" >Baucus sets condition to support pact</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The next chairman of the Senate Finance Committee sliced into a T-bone steak here Sunday and said he cannot support a free-trade agreement between the United…

  • South Korea’s Trade Barrier

    I posted a while ago that South Korea had <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2036-Good-News.html">opened up its market to US beef</a> and how the news made me happy. It turns out I was wrong. While <strong>technically</strong> opening its market to US beef, South Korea has has rejected almost every shipment of beef into its country for one reason or…

  • Garlic Cows

    <a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3324431,00.html" >A garlic flavored cow</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Soon there'll be no need to season your steak as cows will be fed garlic flavored hay.<br />n<br />nThe Veterinarian Institute at the Agricultural Ministry recently conducted comprehensive research into the food being fed to cattle raised for meat. Contrary to the black and white dairy cows, cattle…