Beef Producers Association

can someone please give me another example for this ASAP!?

so here is an example of something i read and then at the bottom it asked me a question:
In 1985, the EU banned imports of meat derived from animals treated with growth hormones. The EU said that the ban was motivated by health concerns. However, the U.S. beef industry saw it as protectionism, an unfair attempt to shield European producers from American competition. What followed became known as the Beef War.
How else might health and environmental concerns affect trade?
so i was wondering can someone please give me another example so i can fully understand it i really need it ASAP please help me and thank you
p.s- have a nice day!

Lots of ways. There was the BSE scare that affected US beef prices on the shelf when Canadian beef was restricted, and what if Kyoto or some successor to it calls for less meat production because meat is resource intensive and generates too much methane gas?

What I can say for certain is that every action gets a call from business that fund elections to politicians to get payback if a trade barrier goes up that affects their livelyhood. In commodities, protectionism is a fundamental concern, and it is costly every time it happens because it gets reflected on the other side of the trade cycle, if not for the very same commodity, then for other products from the same trading partner. If you want to see just what that can do, look up the Smoot-Hawley act on wikipedia.

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Will There Be Any Beef Next Spring?

From a cyber friend:

"I had to pop in and tell ya’ll what I see and hear from the cattle industry here in Okla. Ya’ll think the prices are high now, well you best be getting two or three freezers and fill up with meat and any veggies now. Come spring it will be out of sight if you can get it.!!!!!

Reason for that is simple but two-fold, at least in the beef cattle industry: Cattle producers here are dumping cattle at sales lot as fast as they can and have been since back in JUne. And I am not talking the normal feeder cattle you normally buy in grocery store( steers that feede/rancher buys cheap in spring, fattens all summer on his wheat pasture , then sales in fall to early winter) I am talking about guys who are hauling their prime breeding cattle to market and bawling like babies when they unload them, not because of price but because they are getting rid of their good moma cows. A lot of them are of cows like my old girls in my back yard but younger cows(5-9 yrs old).Cows that will come up and lick the guy’s hand and he can hand feed them. Stock he has named and he knows each one by it’s name and she knows her name when he calls her.Cows they have hand picked and bred the dam and sire to get the genetics to the point they have them now.

But these guys have no choice.They can’t afford to feed them or if they can manage to hang on to the cows a little longer thye can’t find hay. If they find hay they are being charged such out- rageous prices to just buy the hay. Then they can’t afford to haul it into Okla. from out of state. Then they have to worry about water…farm ponds around here and all over OKLa are drying up or are already dried up.(Dh’s little catfish pond is marginal on us having to harvest ALL[B] all the fish out of it if we do not get some run off rain in the next couple of weeks or sooner. He is starting to catch one to two fish a night just to save some of the fish. He is not being picky about the size he is keeping either. If it is barely pan size he is keeping it now.)

So right now you are finidng loads of beef in the shelves of our stores but come next spring when those feeder calves the guy was going to fatten and sell for slaughter aren’t going to be there. Why???? NO hay to feed them, no wheat pastures to graze them on. And buying grain to fed them, ha!!!! A 50 pound bag of feed in late May to early June cost me around $6.50 About two weeks ago when I got feed it was alost $10 for the same brand.

And all thosebaby calves that supposed to be born to the farmer/rancher I spoke of in the above paragraph, well he will not be having those adorable baby calves. The ones he weans and normally takes to market to sale to the guy who buys them to fatten for 6 to 10months and then sell to slaughter to fill the shelves of our grocery.That farmer/rancher sold his breeding stock as well as any feeders he had back in the summer of 2011 when Texas, Okla, New Mexico, Ariziona were having the massive heat wave and no rains.It is sad and not getting any better."

To be guaranteed a whole, half or quarter next spring, you must pay a $50 deposit now.

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Is it possible to sue a meat producer or fast food restaurant?

If you get sick eating tainted beef or chicken?

If the meat was actually tainted, the issue would be with the producer. If it was simply undercooked, then the problem was at the restaurant.

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How is it that everybody past or present in the rap game…?

Says that Tupac is the greatest or at least in the top 3 of all-time best rappers. You have millions of people saying Tupac was the greatest, lots of big producers, rappers, etc all saying Tupac is one of the greatest rappers ever..

so how is it everyone on here keeps saying his flow wasnt nothing special, he wasnt a good lyricist, etc? If he wasnt that good dont you think ppl would notice that and back off on calling him GOAT?

Hes clearly one of the greatest to ever do it.. I just dont understand you people. I just think you dont like his big mouth, all the sh*t he got into, all the beefs and all that made you not like him thus ignoring his talent as a rapper.

SMH
Its annoying to see ignorant ppl put down clearly one of the greatest to ever do it just because they dont like him personally
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Tupac PROVED that you dont need to have the greatest lyrics to be a dope rapper.
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I could care less if you think another rapper is better but its when u put him down by saying he wasnt good or that his lyrics sucked.. obviously they didnt if he drew over millions of ppl into his music.

I agree 2Pac was a great MC. The people who are saying he’s a bad lyricist haven’t heard a whole lot of his music, probably. He isn’t a battle rapper, but his lyrics are poetic and have good use of metaphors, which is an important thing in Hip-Hop lyrics.
As for his flow, I would say it is on and off. In a lot of songs he has a great flow, such as Holla if Ya Hear Me and If My Homie Calls, but I think on some songs, particularily on his Makaveli album, his flow sounds a bit rushed. For the most part, though, I would say he had a great flow.

Overall, I consider 2Pac to be an example of a great MC, but not everyone has to agree. Everybody is entitled to their own opinion, whether I agree with it or not.

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NRHH: Survey…………?

Do you use Parlingo?

Do you use Last Fm

top 5 producers?

what’s your favorite TV Show?

how long have you been a Reg here?

who is you’re least favorite Reg?

do you like it when rappers beef?

do you ever rap?
BQ: What’s the most ignorant question youve seen on here?
BQ: Is my music showin up on here? it keeps tellin me that it cant gather information and to refresh but ive refreshed lil 5 times.
on here – http://www.last.fm/user/ProfoundShaolin
@Dick B, i mean on yahoo answers, not this lol
wait ignore the question about is my music showin up, it’s workin now

Do you use Parlingo?
No

Do you use Last Fm
I got one but i cant figure out the Scrobbler

top 5 producers?
Premo, Dilla, Ye, RZA, Kno

what’s your favorite TV Show?
Chappelle’s Show

how long have you been a Reg here?
2 years, this place is crack

who is you’re least favorite Reg?
I like all yall

do you like it when rappers beef?
Naw, unless we get some dope diss tracks. Otherwise its pointless

do you ever rap?
No, i stick to producin

BQ: "Whos this person Feat? Hes on like every song but i cant find him." It was deleted like 5 mins later lol

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stuck on microeconomics?

1.
Suppose that Larry, Moe and Curly are bidding in an auction for a mint-condition video of Charlie Chaplin’s first movie. Each has in mind a maximum amount that he will bid. This maximum is called
A) producer surplus.
B) willingness to pay.
C) consumer surplus.
D) a resistance price.
2.
Nathan buys a new sound system for his dorm room for $1500. He receives consumer surplus of $500 from the purchase. How much does Nathan value his sound system?
A) $400
B) $1500
C) $900
D) $2000
3.
The Heart Association says that eating beef causes heart attacks. As a result, the equilibrium market price of beef
A) increases, and producer surplus increases.
B) increases, and producer surplus decreases.
C) decreases, and producer surplus decreases.
D) decreases, and producer surplus increases.
4.
This table refers to five possible buyers’ willingness to pay for a case of Vanilla Coke.
According to the table shown, if the price of Vanilla Coke is $6.90, who will purchase the good?

BuyerWillingness to Pay
David$8.50
Laura$6.80
Megan$5.50
Mallory$4.00
Audrey$3.50

A) David
B) All five would purchase Vanilla Coke, just in different amounts
C) Megan, Mallory and Audrey
D) David and Laura
5.
This table refers to five possible buyers’ willingness to pay for a case of Vanilla Coke.

According to the table shown, if the market price is $5.50, the consumer surplus in the market will be

BuyerWillingness to Pay
David$8.50
Laura$7.00
Megan$6.00
Mallory$4.00
Audrey$3.50

A) $5.00
B) $4.50
C) $3.00
D) $21.00
6.
Consumer surplus is
A) a seller’s willingness to pay minus the price.
B) the price of the product minus the buyer’s willingness to pay.
C) the difference between a buyer’s willingness to pay minus the market price.
D) a buyer’s willingness to pay plus the market price.
7.
Orange juice and apple juice are substitutes. Bad weather that sharply reduced the orange harvest would
A) increase consumer surplus in the market for orange juice but decrease producer surplus in the market for apple juice.
B) decrease consumer surplus in the market for orange juice and decrease producer surplus in the market for apple juice.
C) increase consumer surplus in the market for orange juice and increase producer surplus in the market for apple juice.
D) decrease consumer surplus in the market for orange juice but increase producer surplus in the market for apple juice.
8.
A seller would be willing to sell a product ONLY IF the price received is
A) higher than or equal to the cost of production.
B) equal to or lower than than the cost of production
C) at least double the cost of production.
D) less than the cost of production.
9.
The table represents the costs of five possible sellers.
According to the table shown, if the market price is $1,000, the producer surplus in the market would be

SellersCost
Dale$1500
Jill$1200
Denise$1000
Catherine$750
Jackson$600

A) $750 and sellers would be Jackson, Catherine and Denise
B) $650 and sellers would be Jackson, Catherine and Denise
C) $750 and sellers would be Dale, and Jill
D) $2,250 and sellers would be all
10.
In the absence of any price floors or price ceiling, a market is allowed to move freely to its equilibrium price and quantity, then an increase in demand will
A) reduce producer surplus.
B) increase producer surplus.
C) not affect producer surplus.
D) possibly increase, decrease or not affect producer surplus

1. B
2. B
3. D
4. D
5. B
6. A
7. D
8. A
9. D
10.D

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Drunk again, but this NAT guy is starting beef.?

I don’t always listen to rap, but when I do, I prefer to listen to Illmatic.

This guy is calling me a so called "Reg", which I am no where near close to. You guys are the model of hip hop listeners, but this guy obviously has no idea that Common came out of my city, as well as ‘Ye, Lupe, and Rhyme Fest. I grew up around the culture, got sick of the mainstream B.S. around 12 years old, and starting searching for better work. Well I found it, and for the last six years, I have absorbed it into my own culture.

Thoughts on this NAT guy?

BQ: Outkast> Eric B and Rakim

BQ2: Dre is overrated as a producer?
@ DICKB, What happened to BDK?!!!!!!!!!!!

You are easily the funniest guy in the section.
I come on here to supplement retarded hip hop opinions with my friends….. The only way I clear myself of any wrong hip hop doing in the night is by being drunk , and forgiving my sins.
@Banjo, he told me to stop acting like a reg, when I clearly just post my opinions on here 24/7. The regs here are obviously guys with enough hip hop knowledge to rate almost any album that has ever been recorded.

I’m not there, but I can give a straight opinion on almost any artist…. This guy tried exposing me as a fraud… I will not take that.
@ Camille, I respect the honesty. I am a whiteboy.
@NAT, probably because I have guys like you throwing a scene any time somebody says so and so is better than X…… Seriously, grow up…

And champange? Thats for special events… Beer is the drink of choice most of the time.

didn’t even read this. but if your drink shouldn’t you be enjoying your bubbly instead of on the computer… just a thought…

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Do you agree with 2008 Candidate Obama OR President Obama on Free Trade w/ South Korea?

2008 Candidate Obama
South Korea: (opposed) "While the agreement would lead to a significant increase in wealth for banks, telecommunications firms, and some in corporate agriculture, it fails to ensure that all U.S. products—especially our cars and trucks, but our rice and beef producers as well—receive fair treatment
in that market. Our employers and workers can compete against employers and workers everywhere in the world, but they should not be exposed to competition against governments systematically discriminating against our products."

http://www.cipamericas.org/archives/720

December, 2010 President Obama
"We have to do more to accelerate the economic recovery and create jobs for the millions of Americans who are still looking for work," Obama said as he urged congressional approval of the "landmark trade deal" with South Korea.

The proposal will support "at least" 70,000 new U.S. jobs and "is a win for American workers," Obama said, particularly automakers, manufacturers and farmers.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2010/12/obama-south-korea-free-trade-deal-will-create-us-jobs/1

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Although the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) projects this will have a small positive impact on the U.S. trade balance, and “minimal or negligible “ impact on U.S. employment, history shows that such trade deals lead to rapidly growing trade deficits and job loss in the United States.

The Charts below compare USITC’s estimates of the impact of the forthcoming free trade agreement with Korea to EPI’s own calculation. Unlike USITC’s forecast of a small positive impact, EPI’s research shows it will increase the U.S. trade deficit with Korea by about $16.7 billion, and displace about 159,000 American jobs within the first seven years after it takes effect.

http://www.epi.org/economic_snapshots/entry/free_trade_agreement_with_korea_will_cost_u.s._jobs/
http://www.epi.org/economic_snapshots/entry/free_trade_agreement_with_korea_will_cost_u.s._jobs/
The USITC has a history of vastly underestimating the negative impacts that free trade agreements have on the U.S. economy. In 1999, it estimated that China’s entry into the World Trade Organization would increase the U.S. trade deficit with China by only $1.0 billion, and have no significant impact on U.S. employment. In fact, the U.S. trade deficit with China increased by $185 billion between 2001 (when China entered the WTO) and 2008, and 2.4 million U.S. jobs have been displaced or lost. The U.S. trade deficit with Mexico also rose rapidly after the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) took effect in 1994.

As a candidate the economy hadn’t yet collapsed. Now, trade deficit or not we are scrambling for any work. That’s what it says to me.

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Why does Vybz Kartel have beef with Aidonia and Stephen "Di Genius" McGregor?

Recently noticed that Jamaican dee-jay Vybz Kartel has beer with former Gaza member Aidonia and producer Di Genius. Why is that so?

Is it beef or beer?

And nobody here is gonna know anyway.

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Inaccurate information on restaurant menu regarding grass-fed beef?

Greetings,

A restaurant I frequently visit is labeling on their menu a certain brand of beef as grass-fed, but I’ve confirmed directly from the beef producer that the beef is not grass-fed per USDA guidelines. Prior to this confirmation, I discussed the issue with the restaurant founder and he insisted the beef is grass-fed, and proceeded a few days later to show me information on the beef producer’s website which stated the cows are raised most of their lives on pasture but are finished on grain. The owner claimed that there is no such thing as 100% grass-fed beef, which is untrue.

Based on the questions I asked the beef producer, the beef producer is now asking me if I have found a place that is falsely advertising their beef as grass-fed, but I am reluctant to respond because I’m unsure of the consequences.

Any suggestions on how to proceed?

Thank you,
Nate

If you are in contact with the producer tell them that the restaurant is providing inaccurate info and they should send someone to check the menu in person. Tell the producer you do not wish to have your identity disclosed to the restaurant. This is a job for a "secret shopper"

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