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Agriculture Community Provides Assistance At Ground Zero
‘Pork For New York * Program Launched
A new campaign, dubbed
“Pork for New York,” will feed
the thousands of workers at New
York City’s “Ground Zero” with
commodity products, especially
needed pork.
The goal is to collect donations
and then purchase meat to feed
the relief workers.
A restaurant in New York
City, Nino’s, has been feeding
people since September 11.
Nino’s, which is one of the closest
restaurants to “Ground Zero,”
has closed its doors to the public
and volunteered to feed the fire
fighters, police workers, the mili
tary personnel, and “anyone else
who comes to help clean up
they’re feeding 3,000-5,000 every
day,” said Reno Thomas, Beaver
town, who with his brother, Park
Thomas, created the initiative.
Both men are retired from the
hog industry.
“Nino’s has been absorbing the
cost of providing all of these
meals, but with rescue efforts ex
pected to continue for the unfore
seeable future, they need assist
ance to continue to be able to
feed the relief workers,” he said.
U. S. Corn Stocks Down 3 Percent, Soybeans Up 2
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Com stocks in all positions on
Dec. 1 2001 totaled 8.26 billion
bushels, down 3 percent from De
cember 1, 2000, according to the
National Agricultural Statistics
Service (NASS).
Of the total stocks, 5.28 billion
bushels of corn are stored on
farms, down 5 percent from a
year earlier. Off-farm corn
stocks, at 2.99 billion bushels, are
up 0.3 percent from the previous
year. The September-November
2001 disappearance is indicated
at 3.14 billion bushels, compared
with 3.10 billion bushels during
the same period last year.
Soybeans stored in all positions
on Dec. 1, 2001 totaled 2.28 bil
lion bushels, up 2 percent from
Dec. 1, 2000. On-farm stocks to
taled 1.24 billion bushels, up 2
percent from a year ago.
Off-farm soybean stocks, at
1.04 billion bushels, are up 1 per
cent from a year ago. Indicated
disappearance for the September-
November 2001 quarter totaled
863 million bushels, up 7 percent
from the same quarter in 2000.
All wheat stored in all posi
tions on Dec. 1, 2001 totaled 1.62
billion bushels, down 10 percent
from a year ago. On-farm stocks
are estimated at 518 million
bushels, down 17 percent from
last year.
Off-farm wheat stocks, at 1.11
billion bushels, are down 7 per
cent from a year ago. The indi
cated September-November 2001
disappearance is 532 million
bushels, down 3 percent from the
same period a year
earlier
Wheat stocks in all
positions on Dec. 1,
2001 totaled 75.7 mil-
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The first load of pork is going
to New York on Jan. 24th,
according to Thomas. Inspiration
began with their niece. Van Rob
bins, of Atlanta, Georgia. She
read the book “The Prayer of
Jabez” and organized a project to
benefit the relief efforts. Robbins
and 28 other women from the Sa
vannah area, calling themselves
the “Southern Smiles,” took
three tractor trailer loads of food
to New York and cooked a “Low
Country Boil” at Nino’s Restau
rant.
“They brought everything to
do it all,” said Thomas, “includ
ing a tent to work out of and all
the cooking utensils.” The meal
included a ton of little red pota
toes, 1,500 pounds of sausage,
1,500 pounds of shrimp, onions,
corn on the cob, and seasoning,
all boiled in one pot.
Their meal served approxi
mately 3,000 of the rescue work
ers. In addition to cooking the
meal, which is estimated to have
cost around $30,000, Georgia res
idents gave a donation to the re
lief efforts of $21,000.
After she arrived in New York,
Robbins called her two uncles,
lion bushels, down 27 percent
from a year ago. On-farm wheat
stocks, at 49.6 million bushels,
are down 31 percent from Dec. 1,
2000.
Off-farm wheat stocks totaled
26.1 million bushels, down 19
percent from a year ago. The in
dicated September-November
2001 disappearance of 21.4 mil
lion bushels is up 13 percent from
the same period a year earlier.
Barley stocks in all positions
on Dec. 1, 2001 totaled 195 mil
lion bushels,
down 15
percent
from De
cember 1,
2000
On-farm
barley
stocks are
estimated at
92.4 million
bushels, 17
percent
below a year
ago. Off
farm stocks,
at 103 mil
lion bushels,
are 13 per
cent below
December
2000. Indi
cated disap
pearance
during the
September-
November
2001 quarter
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who sat down, made plans, and
got backing from organizations,
such as the Pennsylvania Live
stock Association (PLA), where
they are both members. Addition
ally Park is on the board of the
PLA.
“We now have 40 members of
the board of directors from all
across the state helping to raise
funds for this particular project.
That’s what we needed, a net
work across the state,” said
Thomas. As a result of contacts
with other farm organizations,
eggs as well as pork products will
go to New York.
A brochure, newspaper adver
tising are working to raise money
to purchase commodity products.
“We’re going to keep this thing
running until it’s (Ground Zero)
cleaned up, and that may run for
another six months,” he said.
Both Farm Bureau members.
Park and Reno Thomas live in
Beavertown, Snyder County.
To make a donation to “Pork
for New York,” mail your dona
tion to “Pork for New York”, c/o
Bev Gruber, Box 5, New Tripoli,
PA 18066. Make your check pay
able to PLA.
totaled 50.4 million bushels,
down 23 percent from the same
period a year earlier.
Oats stored in all positions on
Dec. 1, 2001 totaled 114 million
bushels, 21 percent below the
Dec. 1, 2000 estimate. Of the
total stocks on hand, 58.1 million
bushels were stored in on-farm
facilities, 33 percent below the
same quarter last year.
Oat stocks held in off-farm
storage facilities totaled 56.1 mil
lion bushels, 2 percent less than a
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Beef Industry Contributes
To Relief Efforts
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Sometimes the burden of a terri
ble job can be eased when a good
meal is served. This was the hope
of cattle producers across the na
tion when they developed a fund
to provide assistance to rescue
workers, clean up crews and vic
tims of last September’s terrorist
attacks. In response to the trage
dy, the beef industry contributed
over $103,000 to relief efforts.
The beef community provided
funds to purchase $63,057 in beef
certificates. These certificates
were distributed by the Salvation
Army to families displaced by the
attacks and to restaurants and
organizations providing meals for
rescue and clean up crews. The
certificates are redeemable at
grocery stores, meat lockers and
restaurants nation wide for the
purchase of beef products.
Additionally, 12,519 pounds of
beef and veal were purchased
and given to City Harvest and
Bouley Bakery organizations in
Percent, Wheat Down 10 Percent
year earlier. Indicated disappear
ance from all positions during the
September-November 2001 quar
ter totaled 2.17 million bushels,
compared to 6.24 million bushels
during the same period a year
ago.
Grain sorghum stored in all
positions on Dec. 1, 2001 totaled
313 million bushels, up 20 per
mmmunna
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New York City who are feeding
victims and rescue workers. Fi
nally, $9,500 was sent to Salva
tion Army, $5,000 to the Ameri
can Red Cross, and $5,000 to
City Harvest for additional relief
efforts.
Of the sum total of money
raised by the Beef Industry, the
largest single contribution came
from Don and Adeline Hight, via
the South Dakota Stock Grow
er’s Association, who donated the
profits from the sale of 100
calves, a total of $41,047.47.
Other significant donations
came from the Oklahoma Beef
Industry Council, the National
Cattlemen’s Beef Association and
S-Foods via the United States
Meat Export Federation, each
with $lO,OOO. The New York
Beef Industry Council donated
$5,000, which covered the cost of
1,810 pounds of ground veal and
1,703.45 pounds of veal sausage.
cent from a year ago. Off-farm
stocks, at 241 million bushels, are
up 28 percent from Dec. 1,2000.
On-farm grain sorghum stocks,
at 72.4 million bushels, are down
3 percent from last year. The
September-November 2001 indi
cated disappearance from all po
sitions is 243 million bushels,
down> 11 percent from fast year.
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Imler, PA 16655