A32-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 8, 2003
OPINION
In most cases, catalog prices are wholesale and Jim collects only a
nominal delivery charge, according to Cornell, which is 10 percent of
purchase with a $3 minimum. This keeps products affordable and al
lows the small farmer a decent return. And with the added conven
ience of home delivery, customers are finding direct buying not only
easier but hard to resist!
The money that is exchanged stays local. That in itself is empower
ing for everyone concerned. But what is even more empowering is that
Small Street Co-op customers know they are supporting local farms
directly, while participating farmers and suppliers continue to watch
their sales volume grow.
For Jim, there’s great satisfaction not only in watching Small Street
Co-op grow, but in knowing that others are looking to his business as
a model for other communities. Its a win-win situation for everyone
concerned.
By the way, this information first appeared in an article in Madison
Manager,'CCE-Madison’s monthly Ag Newsletter on April 16, 2003.
For more information on a variety of small farm topics, visit
www.smallfarms.cornell.edu.
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are not brought into a feed lot
and fed with grain in order to put
on weight and fat before being
sold. Fed cattle are sold at
weights between 1,100 to 1,200
pounds and have more meat and
fat, or what is called marbling.
The marbling in the meat is gen
erally what gives meat most of its
flavor when cooked and its desig
nation as a USDA choice cut.
Consequently, choice cuts of
meat are likely to be in less sup
ply and more expensive for the
next several months since most
meat will be leaner because of
more lighter steers being sold to
meat markets. Boxed cuts of
meat have gone up from $1.60
per pound to $2 per pound dur
ing the end of October, just over a
30 percent increase over last year.
Beef is price sensitive and con
sumers are likely to back off of
buying higher priced beef, thus
putting downward pressure on
beef prices. Less peo
ple are expected to buy
beef and shift to other 1
types of meat such as
pork, lamb, or poultry.
This means less de-
mand for beef during a
tight supply period.
However, during the
next three months.
consumers can expect
as much as a 40 per-
cent increase in the re-
tail price on many cuts
of beef, especially
choice cuts.
Since beef is com
petitive at the retail
level, many retailers
will attempt or be
forced into absorbing
some of these in-
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creased production costs and are
likely to be less profitable in
order to keep their customers.
Because steers have been sold
at lighter weights, we also expect
an overall reduction in beef pro
duction both in terms of weight
as well as the number of cattle to
be sold over the next three to six
months. Locally, many cattlemen
are reported to be either selling
off their herds in order to retire
or to cash in now in hopes of buy
ing back in at lower prices in the
next few years.
During the end of October,
beef production fell 17 percent
below the comparable level a year
ago. Beef production is expected
to remain substantially down
through the end of 2003, and
prices are forecasted to range
from 85 cents to 95 cents a pound
for live weight.
Bob King, Ph.D.
Cornell Cooperative Extension
Monroe County
Rochester, N.Y.
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USDA Awards Grants For Initiatives
WASHINGTON, D.C. The
USDA recently awarded more
than $l4 million in grants to 26
colleges and universities in the
U.S. and its territories under the
National Integrated Food Safety
Initiative (NIFSI) for the Fiscal
year 2003.
“These projects address a
broad spectrum of food safety
concerns from on-farm pro
duction, post-harvest processing
and distribution, to food selec
tion, preparation, and consump
tion,” said Agriculture Secretary
Ann M. Veneman.
Each year NIFSI awards these
funds to faculty at land-grant
and non-land colleges and uni
versities to ensure that valuable
research, education and exten
sion knowledge is transferred to
teachers, scientists, health profes
sionals, researchers, farmers,
food processors, Foodservice
workers, consumers, and all oth
ers making crucial decisions
about the safety of the U.S. food
supply.
An average of $400,000 was
awarded to each university to
support 3-year food safety proj
ects that used an integrated ap
proach to solving problems in ap
plied research, education, and
extension.
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USDA Issues Proposal To Allow Animal Imports From Canada
WASHINGTON, D.C.
USDA’s Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service issued
a proposed rule Oct. 31 to amend
its bovine spongiform encephalo
pathy (BSE) regulations to estab
lish a new category of regions
that recognizes those that present
a minimal risk of introducing
BSE into the United States via
the importation of certain low
risk live ruminants and ruminant
products.
'This proposed rule would
place Canada on a list of coun
tries considered a minimal risk
for BSE, thus it would be eligible
to export certain live ruminant
and ruminant products.
The proposed minimal risk re
gion would include regions
in which an animal has
< $ <
been diagnosed with BSE
but in which specific pre-
ventive measures have
been in place for an appro-
priate period of time that
reduce the risk of BSE
being introduced to the
United States.
Based on a comprehen
sive risk analysis and re-
Grants to Northeast/
Mid-Atlantic area universities
follow:
MASSACHUSETTS: Food
Safety Training and Certification
for Under-Educated, Limited
English Proficient School Food
Service Personnel $500,000 to
the University of Massachusetts.
NEW JERSEY: Food Han
dling and Consumption Knowl
edge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of
Young Adults and the Impact of
a Food Safety Social Marketing
Campaign - $500,000 to Rutgers
University.
NEW YORK: Global Good
Agricultural Practices Confer
ence to Explore the Impact of
Current Research and Extension
Programs $50,000 to Cornell
University. L. Monocytogenes in
Food Processing Plants: Develop
ment and Implementation of Sci
ence-Based Environmental Test
ing and Control Strategies
$500,000 to Cornell University.
NORTH CAROLINA Fresh
Produce Food Safety Training
Program and Curriculum Devel
opment for the Southeast
$500,000 to North Carolina State
University. Tracking the Source
of Enteric Pathogens in Surface
Waters $450,000 to North Car-
view, USD A offers that the sur
veillance, prevention and control
measures implemented by Cana
da are sufficient to be included in
the minimal risk category.
The proposed rule was sched
uled for publication in the Nov. 4
Federal Register. After a 60-day
comment period, USDA will con
sider the comments as it makes
any final decisions on the impor
tation of certain live ruminants
and ruminant products from
Canada and other minimal risk
regions for BSE.
Consideration will be given to
comments received on or before
Jan. 5. 2004. Comments may be
submitted by postal mail, com-
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RHODE ISLAND: Garden to
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comments to Docket No.
03-080-1, Regulatory Analysis
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