The Beef Industry is an important part of feeding the world, we can't escape the fact that millions of people around the world love to consume this product, despite many claims that beef is bad for you, anything in excess can be bad for you, so this article is really the flip side of what a vegan or vegetarian may claim. I myself do cook beef, and I do eat it on occasion, and I personally won't try to denounce the cattle ranchers here in America that are trying to produce a quality product.
So what is the beef industry up against? I just read Drover's Cattle Network. Com, and the article written by Greg Henderson sums up what Americans are doing this summer season which is DA GRILLING SEASON! They are saving up their hard earned cash for gas or diesel, that's right. According to Greg, this season isn't looking too promising for the beef or pork producers here in America. Joe Blow will put fuel into his tank before splurging on a bunch of ribs for the grill. Sister Annie will put gas in her Accura before spending on a nice rib roast. Can you blame our American brethren?
This is just the simple fact that people who are making under 35,000.00 a year are really kinda sorta in poverty. Imagine not being able to buy a steak come payday? That really would suck wouldn't it? And for my friends that saw me do my vegan specials on TV, I'd say that was a phase, I do believe in eating a well balanced diet. But who was I kidding? I love a steak now and then or nice Kobe burger on some wholewheat bun with lots of mayonnaise and a piece of onion and some mustard and some fresh cut fries. Yeah sorry to burst your bubble but yeah, I love a good beef steak once in awhile for sure.
Just imagine the beef producers here, they are struggling like any other entity that's trying to pay the taxes ha ha. Just a joke. But seriously, cattle ranchers are facing a lot of road blocks or obstacles. Right now they are facing severe droughts in the Southwest, and floods in cattle producing states that's ruining farmland that grows soybeans, and other feed products for the cattle ranchers. That's just the natural disastrous part, others include trade agreements with other countries.
As of right now the beef industry is facing some really tough times trying to trade with Colombia, this country exports their goods to the U.S. duty-free. On the other hand we face stiff tariffs trying to export our beef to their country. If The Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement is signed, that would lift 50% of the tariffs on beef entering their country, with this, more jobs for Americans, no doubt to help the economy. The beef industry is facing a lot of political BS that it is frustrating everyone in the industry.
And striking an agreement with Panama also will help the U.S. Beef Producers, standing by and waiting to see if the U.S. Panama Free trade agreement will be signed. This will allow Panama to eliminate duties on high quality beef. Also this will enable specified standard cuts of beef to enter the market there duty-free through tariff rate quotas.
But the Big Kahuna of them all is a deal with South Korea. The South Korean Free Trade Agreement could be a value of 1 billion dollars if this agreement is put into place. South Korea could be our largest buyer of American cattle products. South Korea and America have a pretty good relationship right now, this country allied with the beef industry here will create lots of jobs, and in turn help the economy in cattle producing states, it does not take a rocket scientist to know that in any community in the U.S. that is being productive in making profits, the earners will spend and keep our economic engine running.
Living in Maui, we depend on visitors, when I'm in Las Vegas same thing, so if people who are employed make a paycheck, they will spend it, and maybe just maybe take a vay cay to Maui or Vegas. America needs to support the cattle industry, and I am not being trigger shy here, call it what you want if you're an animal lover, or a vegan, or raw foodist. I am a chef, and without quality beef grown in our own country it is a sin. And hey, in Bible days, they ate animals too. And yes my friends, I do visit vegetarian restaurants too. So that's my take on beef, and that is people will want to eat it, and in my lifetime, I don't think everyone will decide in an instant that "Hey I don't want anymore beef, I'll have veggie burgers!" It ain't gonna happen. Support the ranchers, and if you're an opposing vegan, well you got your gripes don't you?
Ron Sambrano
Chef- Maui Hawaii, Las Vegas NV
So what is the beef industry up against? I just read Drover's Cattle Network. Com, and the article written by Greg Henderson sums up what Americans are doing this summer season which is DA GRILLING SEASON! They are saving up their hard earned cash for gas or diesel, that's right. According to Greg, this season isn't looking too promising for the beef or pork producers here in America. Joe Blow will put fuel into his tank before splurging on a bunch of ribs for the grill. Sister Annie will put gas in her Accura before spending on a nice rib roast. Can you blame our American brethren?
This is just the simple fact that people who are making under 35,000.00 a year are really kinda sorta in poverty. Imagine not being able to buy a steak come payday? That really would suck wouldn't it? And for my friends that saw me do my vegan specials on TV, I'd say that was a phase, I do believe in eating a well balanced diet. But who was I kidding? I love a steak now and then or nice Kobe burger on some wholewheat bun with lots of mayonnaise and a piece of onion and some mustard and some fresh cut fries. Yeah sorry to burst your bubble but yeah, I love a good beef steak once in awhile for sure.
Just imagine the beef producers here, they are struggling like any other entity that's trying to pay the taxes ha ha. Just a joke. But seriously, cattle ranchers are facing a lot of road blocks or obstacles. Right now they are facing severe droughts in the Southwest, and floods in cattle producing states that's ruining farmland that grows soybeans, and other feed products for the cattle ranchers. That's just the natural disastrous part, others include trade agreements with other countries.
As of right now the beef industry is facing some really tough times trying to trade with Colombia, this country exports their goods to the U.S. duty-free. On the other hand we face stiff tariffs trying to export our beef to their country. If The Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement is signed, that would lift 50% of the tariffs on beef entering their country, with this, more jobs for Americans, no doubt to help the economy. The beef industry is facing a lot of political BS that it is frustrating everyone in the industry.
And striking an agreement with Panama also will help the U.S. Beef Producers, standing by and waiting to see if the U.S. Panama Free trade agreement will be signed. This will allow Panama to eliminate duties on high quality beef. Also this will enable specified standard cuts of beef to enter the market there duty-free through tariff rate quotas.
But the Big Kahuna of them all is a deal with South Korea. The South Korean Free Trade Agreement could be a value of 1 billion dollars if this agreement is put into place. South Korea could be our largest buyer of American cattle products. South Korea and America have a pretty good relationship right now, this country allied with the beef industry here will create lots of jobs, and in turn help the economy in cattle producing states, it does not take a rocket scientist to know that in any community in the U.S. that is being productive in making profits, the earners will spend and keep our economic engine running.
Living in Maui, we depend on visitors, when I'm in Las Vegas same thing, so if people who are employed make a paycheck, they will spend it, and maybe just maybe take a vay cay to Maui or Vegas. America needs to support the cattle industry, and I am not being trigger shy here, call it what you want if you're an animal lover, or a vegan, or raw foodist. I am a chef, and without quality beef grown in our own country it is a sin. And hey, in Bible days, they ate animals too. And yes my friends, I do visit vegetarian restaurants too. So that's my take on beef, and that is people will want to eat it, and in my lifetime, I don't think everyone will decide in an instant that "Hey I don't want anymore beef, I'll have veggie burgers!" It ain't gonna happen. Support the ranchers, and if you're an opposing vegan, well you got your gripes don't you?
Ron Sambrano
Chef- Maui Hawaii, Las Vegas NV
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