GRSB Connect for May 20, 2014 |
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Thanks to all of those who submitted comments on our Principles and Criteria. The amount of media attention in Australia ensured that we had a fair amount of feedback from there as well as from other major producer regions. Sustainability News A Stake in Sustainable BeefDateline: May 2014 Issue, Source: Meatingplace.com PublicationSetting global parameters for what constitutes "sustainable beef" is no small task, but Cameron Brett understands what is at stake: the future of beef.
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To read the entire source article, click on the link in the headline.Global News Drugmakers Agree to U.S. Ban on Livestock Antibiotics
Dateline: 05/20/14, Source: By Carey L. Brion, Inter Press ServicePharmaceutical companies have overwhelmingly agreed to new U.S. government guidelines aimed at decreasing the use of antibiotics in the raising of livestock, new data shows. Meat Institute Survey Finds Confusion Among Consumers Regarding AntibioticsDateline: 05/14/14, Source: Beef ProducerConsumers are confused about the causes of antibiotic resistance, a new poll conducted by Nielsen/The Harris Poll for the American Meat Institute and released this week has found. In the survey, conducted online in March 2014 among 2,100 U.S. adults ages 18 and older, participants were asked, "According to the CDC, which of the following is the greatest contributing factor to human antibiotic resistance?" Only four in ten Americans – 41% – correctly answered "health professionals over–prescribing to people." Coming Clean on AntibioticsDateline: 05/19/14, Source: By Laura Rance, Manitoba Co-operatorCanadian health and veterinary authorities have been discussing the virtually unregulated and poorly monitored antibiotic use in farm animals since the late 1990s. Now Health Canada is starting to do something about it. Rep. Slaughter Asks McDonald’s To Switch To Antibiotic-Free BeefDateline: 05/19/14, Source: By Chris Morran, ConsumeristSome 80% of antibiotics sold in this country go to farmers to put in animal feed, and while the livestock and pharmaceutical industries now like to pretend it’s for disease prevention, the primary motive for shoving drugs down animals’ throats is because antibiotics have the happy side effect of encouraging growth. India’s Meat Sector Nervous Over Nationalist Party VictoryDateline: 05/15/14, Source: By Raghavendra Verma, GlobalMeatNews.comBeef and buffalo producers and exporters in India are bracing for additional controls after general election exit polls predicted a victory for the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) party led by Narendra Modi. Meat Industry Reform UrgentDateline: 05/15/14, Source: By Stuart Smith, NZ FarmerOPINION: Reforming the meat industry was the topic of conversation 20 years ago, when I left pastural farming behind for farming grapes, and not much seems to have changed. Opinion Divided On Who Benefits Most from Japan–Australia DealDateline: 05/15/14, Source: By Barbara Bierach, GlobalMeatNews.comThe new Japan–Australia Partnership Agreement (JAEPA), agreed on 8 April, allows unprecedented access to Japanese markets, but it is not necessarily only the Australian meat producers who will profit. Latin American Deal Could Cost EU Beef Industry €9bnDateline: 05/17/14, Source: By Jez Fredenburgh, Farmers Weekly, UKThe deal, which also covers sectors outside agriculture, would mean creating freer trade between the EU and Mercosur, a block of countries including Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay. However, an impact assessment found that benefits to agriculture would be one–sided and that EU farmers would suffer a disrupted internal market and greater price volatility. China Beef Imports Witness Almost Four–Fold IncreaseDateline: 05/17/14, Source: AgrilandA new report released by Rabobank forecasts Chinese beef imports to grow by 15% to 20% annually over the next five years. This increase is expected to make up a growing shortfall in domestic production... The Potential of U.S. Grazing Lands to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse EffectDateline: 2014, Source: IBCASThe Potential of U.S. Grazing Lands to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect, edited by R.F. Follett, J.M. Kimble, and R. Lal, describes grazing lands, the areas they occupy, and their important role in equestering C to help mitigate the greenhouse effect.
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