If these projections are realized, it will be difficult to
break the $50/cwt mark for live priced hogs this summer.
Furthermore, Oct-Dec slaughter would total about 800,000 smaller than
the record back in 1998, which could cause prices to drop below break-even
for a substantial stretch.
With improved expectations for the general economy and increased beef
demand from South Korea and Mexico observed late in 2001, projections
for beef demand are looking more favorable than they were several months
ago.
On a final note, the January 1 cattle inventory report suggests that Ohio
cow-calf operators grew the breeding herd by about 5,000 cows over the
past year.
parade
At first, I was unsure of my level of commitment to the protest,
not wanting to appear as a "spoilsport" or cranky cultural elitist.
The results, in my opinion, are the same: to voice an opposition to a
cultural milieu that has come to mirror the hegemonic consumerist tyranny
that good art is supposed to rail against.
In New York city, when they had their cow parade, the PETA-sponsored cow
was rejected because it was decorated with butcher's marks intended to
comment upon the hypocrisy of parading an animal that is inhumanely slaughtered
and consumed by the millions.
We talked to several different artists who had designed pigs that were
selected.
fmdguide
Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is a severe, highly contagious
and economically devastating disease of ruminants and swine.
The virus can be spread by animals, people, or materials that bring the
virus into physical contact with susceptible animals.
In susceptible animals, FMD virus causes a chronic, debilitating disease
characterized by fever and blister-like lesions followed by erosions on
the tongue and lips, in the mouth, and between the hooves.
The only continents currently free of the disease are Australia, Antarctica,
and North America.
We recommend that AZA institutions ask recent travelers from FMD countries
not to enter animal contact areas, behind the scenes tours, or farm experiences.
36-006-0702
http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/documents/FACT/36-006-0702.pdf The following information will help you to become familiar
with the history, epidemiology and clinical course of Bovine Spongiform
Encephalopathy and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, and ways to reduce
the risk of exposure.
This agent BSE is a slowly progressing degenerative brain affects the
brain and spinal cord of cattle and lesions are disease of cattle.
There have been cases of transmission inutero from cow to calf.
At present, there are no cases of vCJD in current/previous service members
or family members.
Although the risk of adverse health effects is small, the exact mechanism
for infection and the effect of repeated exposures to BSE contaminated
beef is unknown.
0202hotcommodities
With demand growth expected to outpace increases in supply,
Allendale Director of Research Rich Nelson says February lean hogs should
challenge the year-end high of $57.30 per hundred weight.
Range bound After climbing to the top of the fixedincome world (volume
wise) the eurodollar contract has earned a rest and probably will get
it.
Though no one expects the Fed to answer its 11 rate cuts with 11 rate
increases in 2002, analysts do believe the Fed will tighten, which is
good news for volatility in the eurodollars.
stocks, along with a slow Cuban harvest, has Boyd Cruel, Alaron senior
softs analyst, looking for sugar to make historical highs above 10¢.
feb2001_bse_tse_slides_e
Canada prohibits the importation of beef and beef products from
countries which are not considered BSE free (this restricts the source
of beef imports to USA, Australia, New Zealand and Argentina).
Mammalian (except pigs and horses since these species have not been identified
to have TSEs to date) to ruminant feed ban BSE is a reportable disease
and there is a monitoring program where all animals showing signs of neurological
distress are subject to BSE diagnostic testing Any animals destroyed as
a result of scrapie or CWD eradication program not permitted to go to
abbatoirs or rendering to prevent entry into the human food or animal
feeding chain.
ibcbma
The standard practice of selecting a single model from some
class of models and then making inferences based on this model ignores
model uncertainty.
Bayesian model averaging provides a coherent approach for accounting for
model uncertainty.
Stochastic models for spatial prediction are becoming increasingly important
as the cost of collecting spatially referenced data continues to decrease.
There are many other issues in the application of and philosophy behind
Bayesian model averaging that are not considered here such as speci cation
of the prior model probabilities (2), averaging over more than one class
of models, interpretation of the results, and model checking.
Some of these issues receive further treatment in Hoeting D. Draper, E.I.
George and M. Clyde.
brochureCDW
Hunters need to tell political leaders of their concerns about
CWD.
Indicate your support for increased financial assistance to state wildlife
and agricultural agencies to combat CWD.
The Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance website (www.cwd-info.org), is frequently
updated with new information.
CWD is a neurological (brain and nervous system) disease found in deer
and elk in certain geographical locations in North America.
While CWD is similar to mad cow disease in cattle and scrapie in sheep,
there is no known relationship between CWD and any other TSE of animals
or people.
CWD is known to infect wild deer and elk in Colorado and Wyoming, and
wild deer in Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Illinois, New
Mexico and Saskatchewan.
spring01
http://oregonstate.edu/extension/clackamas/farms/archives/spring01.pdf It is important that the agricultural community understand
the decision-making process and get involved.
The next two articles (pages 3 and 4) address two serious livestock diseases
that have been in the news lately: Foot-and-Mouth and BSE (commonly known
as "Mad Cow" disease).
The Oregon Department of Agriculture would like to clear up some apparent
misunderstandings about a program and a law that address water quality
problems related to agriculture in Oregon.
21-22 -- Pacific Northwest Range Management Symposium: Clean Water Act
and Endangered Species Act Issues in the Pacific Northwest Pendleton,
OR.
Contact Mike Bondi, OSU Extension Service, 503-655-8631.
44687bayrische
http://www.candle.com/www1/vgn/images/portal/cit_1749/44687bayrische.pdf The days of cattle enjoying a happy life secluded from high
technology on the Alpine meadows are definitely over.
Enforcement of the responsibility for Germany was assigned to Bayerische
Landesanstalt Für Ernaehrung, the Bavarian Ministry for Food, Agriculture
and Forestry.
Integral to the solution, Candle Corporation performance and availability
monitoring solutions help to provide 24-hour availability of this critical
data in the ministry's central database.
The crisis of 1996 caused by "mad cow" disease frightened producers
and consumers alike.
The HIT Performance Monitoring Solution was created to meet the highest
requirements as the chief architecture installed in the computer center
of the public authority.
cow032801
http://www.strtrade.com/advisory/customs/cow032801.pdf New inspection procedures, being enforced by the FDA and the
USDA, not only promise detention and exclusion of European meat products,
but may also affect imports of any product which might conceivably include
animal ingredients, or animal by-products, regardless of country of origin.
Under this new program, implemented to prevent the spread of Mad Cow Disease
into the United States, FDA has even detained shipments of pet chews manufactured
in Canada consisting of animal by-products made from USDA-inspected cattle.
Both agencies are committed to combining their resources to prohibit entry
of all animal products which may, by any manner or for any reason, be
infected with BSE.
meatinfo
Well, imagine having a freezer full of meat.
Paying for meat in one lump sum can be disheartening to many consumers.
As shown in the graph on the left, we went to several large chain stores
and priced their meat.
Health benefits of our grass fed beef are extraordinary.
We do not give injections or feed any growth hormones to our cattle.
According to Joel Salatin author of Salad Bar Beef, "Forage fed beef
has less fat and the fat that is there is UNSATURATED.
This helps the pigs to stay lean which in turns becomes a health benefit
to you.
vCJD_Bulletin1
A recent publication in the medical press (Lancet, September
16th: Vol. 356, pages 999-1000) reports the transmission of BSE (Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy or Mad Cow Disease) by blood transfusion in
sheep.
The agent responsible for BSE disorder in animals is generally believed
to be the same agent, which causes new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
(nvCJD) in humans.
This report has raised new concerns that blood from human beings in the
symptom-free stages of nvCJD could transmit infection to recipients of
blood transfusions.
Even though health officials have searched world wide for evidence that
this disease has been transmitted to patients with haemophilia, as of
this date, no cases of either the classical or new variant form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob
disease have been found in persons with haemophilia from anywhere in the
world.
augsept2001
An Inside Report on Food Safety and the Food Industry Aug./Sept.
Reality has finally begun to descend on the food irradiation industry
--- an industry that has been living in a fantasy world for more than
40 years.
The people have spoken (again) and they have told the FDA (again) that
they overwhelmingly oppose allowing irradiated food to be called "cold
pasteurized" or "electronically pasteurized."
Even though 98.2 percent of the Americans responding to the FDA's recent
request for public comment said they wanted the current labeling law maintained
or strengthened, the agency told Congress that there was still "no
consensus" on what should appear on the labels of irradiated foods.
