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COOL won't benefit producers?

Sandhusker

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Asia Pulse, NATIONWIDE INTERNATIONAL NEWS
July 11, 2006
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The South Korean government said Tuesday it discovered 2,003 cases in which imported agricultural produce were being sold as locally-grown goods in the first half of the year. The National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service referred 1,076 of them for criminal investigation and slapped fines regarding 927 cases, and 16 merchants have been...

Now, for those of you who say COOL has no benefit for domestic producers; Would you please just venture a guess on why the imports were being sold as local?
 

Ben Roberts

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Sandhusker said:
Asia Pulse, NATIONWIDE INTERNATIONAL NEWS
July 11, 2006
302 words

The South Korean government said Tuesday it discovered 2,003 cases in which imported agricultural produce were being sold as locally-grown goods in the first half of the year. The National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service referred 1,076 of them for criminal investigation and slapped fines regarding 927 cases, and 16 merchants have been...

Now, for those of you who say COOL has no benefit for domestic producers; Would you please just venture a guess on why the imports were being sold as local?

In all probability for the same reason why locally-grown food is sold here. Consumers don't trust the multi-national corporations with all of the food-born illness issues reported daily. It is perceived by the consumers that "locally-grown" is food that has been produced by a farmer, with no chemicals, growth hormones, etc. etc. it is perceived to be a healthier choice, for them and their family. I see cheaters every week, that try to do the same thing.

I get day-old chicks shipped in every week from Canada, do you think my customers care where those chicks were hatched. NO, they don't!

Where does COOL fit into this, COOL products will all produced by multi-national corporations.

Best Regards
Ben Roberts
 

Sandhusker

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Ben, " Consumers don't trust the multi-national corporations with all of the food-born illness issues reported daily."

So what are they going to do?; buy domestic or don't buy at all. Are producers better off with consumers afraid to buy product because they can't identify it? Seems to me COOL addresses that concern quite nicely.
 

Ben Roberts

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Sandhusker said:
Ben, " Consumers don't trust the multi-national corporations with all of the food-born illness issues reported daily."

So what are they going to do?; buy domestic or don't buy at all. Are producers better off with consumers afraid to buy product because they can't identify it? Seems to me COOL addresses that concern quite nicely.

Sandhusker, I don't even know why I"m resonding to your answer. Do you believe that e-coli, growth hormones, antibiotic feed additives only exist in imported meats. Seems to me COOL, has nothing to do with it!

Best Regards
Ben Roberts
 

Sandhusker

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Ben Roberts said:
Sandhusker said:
Ben, " Consumers don't trust the multi-national corporations with all of the food-born illness issues reported daily."

So what are they going to do?; buy domestic or don't buy at all. Are producers better off with consumers afraid to buy product because they can't identify it? Seems to me COOL addresses that concern quite nicely.

Sandhusker, I don't even know why I"m resonding to your answer. Do you believe that e-coli, growth hormones, antibiotic feed additives only exist in imported meats. Seems to me COOL, has nothing to do with it!

Best Regards
Ben Roberts

No, COOL doesn't address those issues - wasn't meant to. They only way to do that is for consumers to personally know where they're buying their beef from, and that simply isn't possible on most cases today. However, you're missing the point, Ben. You look at what was going on in Korea and you can't deny that, for whatever reason, there was more money to be made selling product that consumers thought was domestic. If there wasn't more money in it, they wouldn't of been doing it. That label alone created value. There are examples like this to learn from, yet some tell us that COOL won't do us any good. :shock: Look at your own operation; you're making it work because people are concerned with where their product comes from! They know something about it. If that knowledge didn't add value to your product, they'd buy the mystery meat in town.

We're told we need to this and that to create more value for our product. We're spending real money via the checkoff to creat new cuts, precooked product, etc... to create value. With COOL, we can create value simply by having the packer/processer pass the information THEY ALREADY HAVE down the line!

You say you want to take power away from the packers, and I'm with you all the way on that, and COOL is one thing that gives them a broadside shot. They no longer have to power to be meat arbitrators. They won't be able to buy beef from whatever country happens to be the cheapest to sell to the best market. They've been gearing up for that scenario for years and you take that away, they'll get more than a bloody nose out of the deal. The fact that they don't want it is almost reason alone for producers to back it.
 

PORKER

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The South Korean government said Tuesday it discovered 2,003 cases in which imported agricultural produce were being sold as locally-grown goods in the first half of the year.

When the ScoringAg.com Site-Specific Recordkeeping system is used only the counterfitters lose. No cheating is possible. It even tracks the criminal importers automatically. Have some friends here in Northern Michigan making Ice Wines which everyone try's to counterfit but its not possible either.
 
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