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conaway of texas, the chairman of the house agriculture committee. mr. conaway: i thank my colleague for hosting tonight's hour and yielding me time. today i rise to commend the farm credit system for 100 years service to rural america and the agriculture industry. the importance of the farm credit system is largely unknown to those outside of agriculture, often leaving it prone to political attacks. however, its importance to those it serves has never been greater as decline in commodity prices have led to a sharp downturn in the farm economy. thankfully, the farm credit system and its members have been there to help lessen the burden. to understand the farm credit system it's important to look back at its roots. in the early 1900's, credit was largely unavailable or unaffordable in many parts of rural america and lenders avoided agricultural loans due to associated risks. in 1908, president theodore roosevelt appointed a commission to explore the problem and found a need to develop more cooperatives and a cooperative credit system for farmers that idea
conaway of texas, the chairman of the house agriculture committee. mr. conaway: i thank my colleague for hosting tonight's hour and yielding me time. today i rise to commend the farm credit system for 100 years service to rural america and the agriculture industry. the importance of the farm credit system is largely unknown to those outside of agriculture, often leaving it prone to political attacks. however, its importance to those it serves has never been greater as decline in commodity...
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so, because you're working with agriculture -- and i know that afghanistan is 80% agricultural -- and just because of all the wars and war problems in your country, you have a long way to go. >> and agriculture is the solution. >> mm-hmm. >> without investing in agriculture, we'll not be able to have long-term stability. like you said, agriculture is the backbone of our economy. 80% is engaged in agriculture, so that's the only way to go ahead with. traditionally, in the past, for centuries, we have been involved with agriculture. and used to be, in the 1970s, we were exporting 70% of the world's raisin. so we have that potential. we need to look at it, how we can get to that target we were producing back then. >> i want to come back to agriculture, but i know that we have some connections in common. you went to cal state, east bay, and you were there when a man named dr. "mo" qayoumi was the president of cal state, east bay. he went to san jose state, and now he is the [laughing] chief advisor to president ghani. so you are now working with the man who was the president of the colleg
so, because you're working with agriculture -- and i know that afghanistan is 80% agricultural -- and just because of all the wars and war problems in your country, you have a long way to go. >> and agriculture is the solution. >> mm-hmm. >> without investing in agriculture, we'll not be able to have long-term stability. like you said, agriculture is the backbone of our economy. 80% is engaged in agriculture, so that's the only way to go ahead with. traditionally, in the past,...
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it would be use that the name would be changed, either department of food and agriculture or agriculture nutrition and forestry to represent what it does because the department of agriculture is basically the leading food department in the government overall and yet it kind of hindered by this languaging that it's the department of agriculture or the department of farmers, when, in fact, it has a far broader role. in my judgment if we gave it the characterization of what it actually did, it would be a lot more helpful in working with the other departments on issues that needed to be done. i think secretary has done an excellent job of working across lines whether it's fda or usda, let me give you one example. when you go out to farm country you mention the three-letter word, the three dirtiest letter words, epa, okay, and people see that as the enemy. they don't see the fda as the enemy. some do, but they see epa as the enemy. you know, a lot of this is political, a lot of this is style, a lot of this is sometimes not the best political judgments being made at the highest point. a lot of
it would be use that the name would be changed, either department of food and agriculture or agriculture nutrition and forestry to represent what it does because the department of agriculture is basically the leading food department in the government overall and yet it kind of hindered by this languaging that it's the department of agriculture or the department of farmers, when, in fact, it has a far broader role. in my judgment if we gave it the characterization of what it actually did, it...
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another critical storyline and the environmental history of agriculture has been agricultural intensification. the growing, intensifying land-use to get more crops out of those lands. this coincides with the industrial revolution, which created a real need for those in europe and the united states to really concentrate on increasing food production to escape the trap, thinking that population would grow faster than a food production. there was the green revolution, where modern agriculture and genetic engineering was introduced to the developing world. today i want to talk about the 19th century and the fertilizer revolution. in a most general sense, a shift away from close to systems of agriculture, soil fertility was raised within the farms and various ways. and we will talk about that. it was changed to a and open system where concentrated forms of soil fertility were imported into the farm. they were mined and brought out to the farms, used intensively, and would pull nutrients off the farm, out of soils, and away from the land. this became an open system of nutrient cycling. i want to us
another critical storyline and the environmental history of agriculture has been agricultural intensification. the growing, intensifying land-use to get more crops out of those lands. this coincides with the industrial revolution, which created a real need for those in europe and the united states to really concentrate on increasing food production to escape the trap, thinking that population would grow faster than a food production. there was the green revolution, where modern agriculture and...
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water is to agriculture and food what energy is to our lives every day. that's of course another issue. i only mention it because if i were president i would want to bring people together to not only decide how we're going to regulate this food safety issue or regulate this particular farm program i want to know how we're going to meet these challenges in the next 20 or 30 years. those are the ones that will be determining whether we can feed the world safely and environmentally soundly. >> okay. so let's drill down a little. commissioner hamburg talked about food. secretary clinton reminds us that somehow or another we needed double food production in the next 10 years, quite a challenge. last week the new york times reported the incidents of a superbug that was completely resistant to antibiotics. that's scary. so we are all these utopian futures ahead of us. how are they going to avoid it? let's focus on antibiotics in the food chain. i know commissioner hamburg spent a lot of time working on this but i would like to get each of your comments about how
water is to agriculture and food what energy is to our lives every day. that's of course another issue. i only mention it because if i were president i would want to bring people together to not only decide how we're going to regulate this food safety issue or regulate this particular farm program i want to know how we're going to meet these challenges in the next 20 or 30 years. those are the ones that will be determining whether we can feed the world safely and environmentally soundly....
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last year, 2015, agriculture grew 4%. that is very low. reporter both the collapse in : oil prices and mismanagement have hit the oil city of takoradi. it doesn't exactly look like a boomtown. many young people from the country's interior moved here, hoping for work. so-called oil schools offered expensive training courses for work on oil platforms. they turned out to be dubious rip-offs. only a very few got jobs. >> our people seem to feel that the oil is taking the same trend as the gold. we've mined gold in the western region for over 180 years. but nothing is there to show. and so there is the fear in our people that the oil is also going to be the same story as that of the gold. and it's not a good one. reporter: at least takoradi's railway station is being renovated. it was supposed to be a showpiece for petrodollar investment. seaweld engineering, which supplies the oil industry, has done relatively well. founded in 2007, it now has branches in 13 countries. specialists for oil platforms are trained here. for instance, in the proper
last year, 2015, agriculture grew 4%. that is very low. reporter both the collapse in : oil prices and mismanagement have hit the oil city of takoradi. it doesn't exactly look like a boomtown. many young people from the country's interior moved here, hoping for work. so-called oil schools offered expensive training courses for work on oil platforms. they turned out to be dubious rip-offs. only a very few got jobs. >> our people seem to feel that the oil is taking the same trend as the...
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there are other ways to do agriculture that are less water intensive.but i have to say it's not my area of expertise but i think it's a problem with osha little about and care about. >> this is an area in which the nature foundations are working with small farmers all over the world. american farmers have gotten this a long time ago. my family, which lives in north dakota and my brother-in-law and sister are north dakota wheat farmers among other things. my brother-in-law and sister are so sophisticated on this issue because has to do with her livelihood. and their inability to to market their products. around the world so that major foundations, but it's gates or rocketrocket the event the clinn foundation working africa are all consciously working in agriculture and, of course, rockefeller has been working agriculture for a very long time. so there's a lot of things going on in addition to the international organizations that are working, government organizations. >> i agree with what peggy said this is food and agriculture. windage is agriculture and
there are other ways to do agriculture that are less water intensive.but i have to say it's not my area of expertise but i think it's a problem with osha little about and care about. >> this is an area in which the nature foundations are working with small farmers all over the world. american farmers have gotten this a long time ago. my family, which lives in north dakota and my brother-in-law and sister are north dakota wheat farmers among other things. my brother-in-law and sister are...
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they believed that slave taste agriculture destroyed -- based agriculture destroyed the soil, creating what they called barbarism and constant western movement in search of new land. wrestednce republicans control of reconstruction from andrew johnson, they applied these exact ideas, connecting land use social structure to both the south and the west after the war. soil through hard work, scientific knowledge, and agricultural permanence was one key republicans believed to healing a dviivided nation. they also believed that small landholders, rather than large plantations or planters, would prove to be the most loyal to the union. and, they applied to these ideas in both the south and in the west. republicans argued that forcing indians to become small armors -- farmers would open up more land for whites and help civilize, in their words, resisting tribes. this is exactly what they thought should happen with the south, the big land stations of the south needed to be broken up and redistributed to former -- former slaves and white unionists so that a loyal yeomannery could form in the s
they believed that slave taste agriculture destroyed -- based agriculture destroyed the soil, creating what they called barbarism and constant western movement in search of new land. wrestednce republicans control of reconstruction from andrew johnson, they applied these exact ideas, connecting land use social structure to both the south and the west after the war. soil through hard work, scientific knowledge, and agricultural permanence was one key republicans believed to healing a dviivided...
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the way to make a small fortune in agriculture is to start out with a large one. i want to talk about the work we've done over the past 10 or 15 years or so, worked on -- principlely, exclusively in d.c., child nutrition reauthorization, food safety modernization, couple of farm bills and in the farm bills we worked very, very hard on snap reform in particular, snap incentives and spend years working on immigration and all of these interrelated questions go to the equity and access challenge. so to take this back into kind of political -- the political frame and that's why i was asking if anybody had done a transition. you know, when you do the memos and do the agency review and come back and get the team gets the memos from the agencies to look at the situation and every agency how do things sit, where do things stand relative to what it is that the president elect is seeking to accomplish, you know, you've got -- you take those memos in and read them through a particular analytic and political frame. the due diligence has been done but that comes back and now yo
the way to make a small fortune in agriculture is to start out with a large one. i want to talk about the work we've done over the past 10 or 15 years or so, worked on -- principlely, exclusively in d.c., child nutrition reauthorization, food safety modernization, couple of farm bills and in the farm bills we worked very, very hard on snap reform in particular, snap incentives and spend years working on immigration and all of these interrelated questions go to the equity and access challenge....
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anything is better than nothing in terms of food and agricultural space.he union is going to do work throughout the remainder of the year to make sure candidates do get on the record the issues. since there is agreement on the issue we face trouble. >> i think that is recognize. to answer the second question, i will put my chief of staff hat on and say anything you get the candidates on the record saying, the way to be effective like right now, the way to think about being effective is think down the ballot and demonstrate where the interests are that matter to them. i am a member or city council person, i can the food policy council at the local and state, but mostly more local is a very powerful organizing tool to bring people into the process at literally the retail level. that has a way of trickling up quickly in the political process. when you have super delegates on the democrat side going to the conventi convention, talking about the fact -- they are mayors; right? when super delegate chose up it is like i have a thousand people coming and yelling a
anything is better than nothing in terms of food and agricultural space.he union is going to do work throughout the remainder of the year to make sure candidates do get on the record the issues. since there is agreement on the issue we face trouble. >> i think that is recognize. to answer the second question, i will put my chief of staff hat on and say anything you get the candidates on the record saying, the way to be effective like right now, the way to think about being effective is...
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go talk about agriculture. you cannot have a reasonable conversation about agriculture without talking to brazil, because brazil is the most productive agricultural nation on earth. you cannot have a reasonable conversation, an intelligent conversation, about climate change without brazil at the table. about increasing the international security, president lula tried in 2010 to have a say on how to bring iran to the conversation. it was a failed attempt. it did not work. but brazil... we believe in brazil that we have a vocation to promote peace. and we can, i think, be a positive presence in the world. it depends on how we use our assets. but brazil has, under president lula... it started with cardosa, continued, was deepened by president lula, two leaders that, by the way, were the people that introduced presidential diplomacy in brazil, because they had the capacity and they had the talent to do that. and brazil is sort of emerging, and we are in the very process of finding our place, and where we can better
go talk about agriculture. you cannot have a reasonable conversation about agriculture without talking to brazil, because brazil is the most productive agricultural nation on earth. you cannot have a reasonable conversation, an intelligent conversation, about climate change without brazil at the table. about increasing the international security, president lula tried in 2010 to have a say on how to bring iran to the conversation. it was a failed attempt. it did not work. but brazil... we...
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and garden products, often at concentrations that are far higher than those you will find in the agricultural sector. >> millions of pounds of these insecticides are usused in urban and suburban arereas. and in urn areas we're usuaually doing it o have the perfect rose or the nicest rhododendron or a lawn without any insect pests in it. >> manufacturers argue the pest-fighting power of neonics is indispensable to american agriculture. without neonics, consumers would pay higher prices for f food, farm exportss woulde e lessompepetive, anan the u.sececonomy woululd suffer. >> in the 1940s, we had the organochlorine insecticides, such as ddt and endosulfan, and initially these pesticides were viewed as a miracle chemistry. >> we startedd using more and momore of these asas industrial agriculture t took hohold in the fifties, sixties, and, really, this is what rachel carson talked about in "silent spring." using all these insecticides was really leading to what she felt was a collapse of biodiversity. were killing the underpinnin of, uh, of thehe food chain.n. >> by the 10s0s, regulatorsrs we ru
and garden products, often at concentrations that are far higher than those you will find in the agricultural sector. >> millions of pounds of these insecticides are usused in urban and suburban arereas. and in urn areas we're usuaually doing it o have the perfect rose or the nicest rhododendron or a lawn without any insect pests in it. >> manufacturers argue the pest-fighting power of neonics is indispensable to american agriculture. without neonics, consumers would pay higher...
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deborah has over 35 years of experience in policy and legislative matters regarding food, agriculture, the environment, research and risk management including extensive experience working with executives in the private sector as well as the federal government and not for profit organizations. thank you, deborah. >> grateful. thank you, all. she's poking buttons here to advance my slide. first, i think you need to add to your chart, michael, what wine and sugar equate to. when i looked at your chart, forget the candy. i want to know what wine looks like in terms of teaspoons of sugar. you may want to add a full ipa up there as well. that said, i know we're running late in the afternoon, and i thank you all for being here and thank you for agreeing to participate. before i launch into everything here, i want to say in all of the jobs i've had in washington, d.c. and outside of washington, d.c., i've always had to have good legal counsel with me. so while i am innovating and getting crazy about my ideas, i've always sought out legal advice and people who could take the journey with me an
deborah has over 35 years of experience in policy and legislative matters regarding food, agriculture, the environment, research and risk management including extensive experience working with executives in the private sector as well as the federal government and not for profit organizations. thank you, deborah. >> grateful. thank you, all. she's poking buttons here to advance my slide. first, i think you need to add to your chart, michael, what wine and sugar equate to. when i looked at...
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more women are choosing a career in agriculture. that's creating opportunities for other new-comers. >> reporter: this woman grows mushrooms. eight years ago she gave up a career in tokyo to return to the family farm. she isn't pursuing the quiet life. far from it. she sees a big future in agriculture and she is busy shaping up the shiitake business. her parents had a limited customer base. the local supermarkets. but she is shaking down new clients. she has already signed up 13 restaurants. she is also developing new products. she supplies ten varieties of processed foods incluluding a sweet milk paste mixed with shiitake. >> translator: agriculture has great potential because i can decide what i grow and how i sell my produce. that's the most interesting aspect of farming. >> reporter: japan's government is encouraging more women to follow in nukui's foot steps. it's offering financial aid to first-time farmers. the number of female new-comers has risen 30% in three years. as more women choose farming as a career, others are eager
more women are choosing a career in agriculture. that's creating opportunities for other new-comers. >> reporter: this woman grows mushrooms. eight years ago she gave up a career in tokyo to return to the family farm. she isn't pursuing the quiet life. far from it. she sees a big future in agriculture and she is busy shaping up the shiitake business. her parents had a limited customer base. the local supermarkets. but she is shaking down new clients. she has already signed up 13...
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>> this is becoming one of the big agricultural areas.s actually a subtypes in some of these big agricultural mergers. you take a look behind the scenes at dow chemical and dupont korma --, or bayer and monsanto and you see this battle for big data. it makes sense of farmers are using more integrated data to make their farming decisions. they can go to one company that can be one stop and get you your planting data, the weather data, whatever. you saw this in 2013 when monsanto took over climate corp. which was doing interesting work in aggregating weather but also companies like dupont pioneer stepping up their game. you are seeing this investment in buying up smaller startups by the big players, and a big they are starting to emerge among themselves, all in the sense of harnessing this data that promises to increase agriculture's presence in the coming years. pimm: how does this play out for companies like deere and caterpillar? the precision of the equipment? >> id., this is a case where they can get a farmer to actually invest somethi
>> this is becoming one of the big agricultural areas.s actually a subtypes in some of these big agricultural mergers. you take a look behind the scenes at dow chemical and dupont korma --, or bayer and monsanto and you see this battle for big data. it makes sense of farmers are using more integrated data to make their farming decisions. they can go to one company that can be one stop and get you your planting data, the weather data, whatever. you saw this in 2013 when monsanto took over...
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>> this is becoming one of the big agricultural areas.actually a subtext in some of the big agricultural mergers we are seeing. if you take a look behind the scenes at how chemical and dupont or bayer and monsanto and you see this battle for big data. it makes sense of farmers are using more integrated data to make their farming decisions. for them to go to one company .hat can really be a one-stop they can get their planting data , whether data, etc.. data,weatherting data, etc. you saw this in 2013 when monsanto took over climate corp. which was doing interesting work in aggregating weather but pioneer from dupont stepped up their game. the big players are trying to harness this data. trying to increase agriculture's presence in the next few years. pimm: how does this play out for companies like deere and caterpillar? the precision of the equipment. tell us. again, this is a case were they can get a farmer to invest something to a tough economic time. when you look at profits and u.s. agriculture, we are seeing them it a 14 year low. fa
>> this is becoming one of the big agricultural areas.actually a subtext in some of the big agricultural mergers we are seeing. if you take a look behind the scenes at how chemical and dupont or bayer and monsanto and you see this battle for big data. it makes sense of farmers are using more integrated data to make their farming decisions. for them to go to one company .hat can really be a one-stop they can get their planting data , whether data, etc.. data,weatherting data, etc. you saw...
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i watched the agricultural parts of that where we could have done and better with japan canada. same thing is true with other market access. that areal demands in on leaving that negotiating team would have then a whole lot higher and ambitious than it was. nevertheless, i will always come to the point president reagan made during my tenure, which is just as applicable here and derek missed this morning. better moving forward band standing still, better moving forward then moving back words. moves market liberalization award in the way president get allsed to put it -- that you can, but at the end of the day, remember half a loaf is better than no low-fat all. you evaluate tpp as half a low, and i think most of us probably would, maybe some of us would make it two thirds and some of it one third, nevertheless, that is better than nothing at all. i firmly believe it would be a big mistake to have nothing at all. point that i think was a underestimated was the sanitary light for sanitary provisions. it is true on these food safety issues that one can take these cases to the wto be
i watched the agricultural parts of that where we could have done and better with japan canada. same thing is true with other market access. that areal demands in on leaving that negotiating team would have then a whole lot higher and ambitious than it was. nevertheless, i will always come to the point president reagan made during my tenure, which is just as applicable here and derek missed this morning. better moving forward band standing still, better moving forward then moving back words....
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fortune in agriculture is to start out with large one. we didn't. so that's the business half that i wear. i want to say a word or two in terms of background about the policy work that we've done over the course of the last ten or 15 years or so. worked on principally in d.c. couple farm bills, and in the farm bills we worked very, very hard on s.n.a.p. reform, s.n.a.p. incentives. al spent years working on immigration. and all of these, i think interrelated question go to the equity and access challenge. to this this back into the particular frame, and that's why i was asking if anybody had done a transition, you know, when you do the agency review you come back and the team gets the memos from the agencies and looking at the situation and every agency how do things sit, where do things stand relative to what it is that the president elect is seeking to accomplish. you know, you got -- you take those memos in and read them through a particular analytic and political frame. the due diligence has been done but that comes back and you've go
fortune in agriculture is to start out with large one. we didn't. so that's the business half that i wear. i want to say a word or two in terms of background about the policy work that we've done over the course of the last ten or 15 years or so. worked on principally in d.c. couple farm bills, and in the farm bills we worked very, very hard on s.n.a.p. reform, s.n.a.p. incentives. al spent years working on immigration. and all of these, i think interrelated question go to the equity and access...
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and you're in charge of everything there. >> well, agriculture is life.e backbone of our economy. it's a huge re
and you're in charge of everything there. >> well, agriculture is life.e backbone of our economy. it's a huge re
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agriculture, we are seeing them it a 14 year low.armers are looking at ways to be more efficient. -- precisionure guided technology can save them money by cutting down on the mount of seed and fertilizer and pesticides they need to buy. can make the equipment the farmer can put onto their tractor that allows them to boost their yield and cut their cost in other areas. it makes farmers spend money but they are spending money to save money and approve -- and improve their performance which is a good selling point during eight economic time. typically doers work at night with this new technology? >> farmers have often been people who have been prisoners to the weather and time of day. you have seen tractors with headlights for many years. again, you are right, if you steer it in the dark but you have the technology that knows giveto do and the monitors you the readings of what's going on in your field, yeah, that helps you a lot during planting and harvesting. those are very tight time windows especially when you get to areas with more
agriculture, we are seeing them it a 14 year low.armers are looking at ways to be more efficient. -- precisionure guided technology can save them money by cutting down on the mount of seed and fertilizer and pesticides they need to buy. can make the equipment the farmer can put onto their tractor that allows them to boost their yield and cut their cost in other areas. it makes farmers spend money but they are spending money to save money and approve -- and improve their performance which is a...
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they would come, work in agriculture for the most part, of course the railroad workers, but for short periods of time, then returned to mexico. a continued until after the end of the war until 1964 at which point there was a lot of pressure from civil rights groups and the unions. congress decided to unilaterally end the program. >> what does that word mean? ana: it means arm because workers were working with their hands. >> does this relationship work for both sides, both governments, with mexican workers coming from brief periods and returning to mexico? ana: for the mexican government, it was more complicated for several reasons. they were really invested in trying to protect their workers. not all states protected their workers. for example, texas did not often treat mexican workers very well. sometimes they insisted that mexican workers must go to texas. they were also interested in the modernization of its workers. ideas existed among high ranking officials, but as mexican came to the u.s., they would be able to return to mexico with a new, modern skill that they could then inco
they would come, work in agriculture for the most part, of course the railroad workers, but for short periods of time, then returned to mexico. a continued until after the end of the war until 1964 at which point there was a lot of pressure from civil rights groups and the unions. congress decided to unilaterally end the program. >> what does that word mean? ana: it means arm because workers were working with their hands. >> does this relationship work for both sides, both...
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how to feed those people is a puzzle the agriculture industry is working to solve. along with another problem which is finding qualified workers to fill thousands of highly skilled jobs. mary thompson is at monsanto headquarters in st. louis with a look at where the jobs >> reporter: growing up in little rock, tracy never saw a corn seed or a soybean, much less high-tech tools used in farming today. that changed during college internships with monsanto. >> i never knew how much technology went into farming. once i got on that tractor, it was kind of like stepping on a spaceship. >> reporter: it's that kind of excitement monsanto tries to generate with potential hires as they're in short supply. the usda estimates high-skilled jobs in ag will outpace the number of qualified college grads by 22,000 annually in the coming years. and with farmers looking to grow more with less water, land, and labor, monsanto needs to field a different type of worker. >> the opportunity to use data in meaningful and new ways means that we need new and different types of skills and compe
how to feed those people is a puzzle the agriculture industry is working to solve. along with another problem which is finding qualified workers to fill thousands of highly skilled jobs. mary thompson is at monsanto headquarters in st. louis with a look at where the jobs >> reporter: growing up in little rock, tracy never saw a corn seed or a soybean, much less high-tech tools used in farming today. that changed during college internships with monsanto. >> i never knew how much...
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we can empmpower vets to be in organic,, sustainable agriculture, whwhat a great wayo dodo something that's very worthwhilile, to be in a markett thahat is growing. i i mean, you can be s successfl in thisis. >> i think it's an incredible marriage of a need for veteraras to be continuing to improrove amererican natioional securirit, and a need for americaca to develop a nationalllly secure food sysyst. so marrying those two together is j just an unbelievablyly brilllliant double solution to two very disparate problems. >> the vets that are coming back turning their sworords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks, they are showing us, along with many others, that it is p possible to create a a r food system. and they're doing it. >> i really see in these veterans not just farmers but leaders of the farmemers, leades of this next generation of farmers. they're articulate, they're focused, they're extremely entrepreneurial. they've taken on the mimilitary, and theyey're takiking on agagriculture. the'e taking on the two harardest things inin our society, and tthey'rere not
we can empmpower vets to be in organic,, sustainable agriculture, whwhat a great wayo dodo something that's very worthwhilile, to be in a markett thahat is growing. i i mean, you can be s successfl in thisis. >> i think it's an incredible marriage of a need for veteraras to be continuing to improrove amererican natioional securirit, and a need for americaca to develop a nationalllly secure food sysyst. so marrying those two together is j just an unbelievablyly brilllliant double solution...
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how to feed those people is a puzzle the agriculture industry is working to solve. along with another problem which is finding qualified workers to fill thousands of highly skilled jobs. mary thompson is at monsanto headquarters in st. louis with a
how to feed those people is a puzzle the agriculture industry is working to solve. along with another problem which is finding qualified workers to fill thousands of highly skilled jobs. mary thompson is at monsanto headquarters in st. louis with a
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the company plans to announce the final products in november. >> we think agriculture is an industry with great potential. the connection with women farmers could lose to fostering new customers. developing these products is a big thing for us. >> reporter: more women are making their mark. they are creating the promising new market as both producers and consumers. >>> onto other stories we're following. life can be tough in south africa's township. some young people are out lining a new feature for themselves. they are working on a cartoon depicting the different faces of africa. nhk world's taro mitamora has more from capetown. ♪ ♪ c'mon everything ♪ let's go down >> reporter: jabu's jungle, a new animated cartoon series made in south africa will soon be aired in 22 african countries. it's the story of jabu, a boy from a very poor neighborhood who nds a magic drum which allows him to travel around the continent. >> hello. can you help us get across the river? >> of course, i can, jabu. >> reporter: the studio where jabu is made is in capetown. thlead animator, mt cartoons in africa
the company plans to announce the final products in november. >> we think agriculture is an industry with great potential. the connection with women farmers could lose to fostering new customers. developing these products is a big thing for us. >> reporter: more women are making their mark. they are creating the promising new market as both producers and consumers. >>> onto other stories we're following. life can be tough in south africa's township. some young people are...
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some of these agricultural commodities as well, there is a big factor. >> yes, indeed.st had the strongest el niÑo on record, equal to the one in 19 oh seven. generally speaking, when you have had a record el niÑo event, it is followed by i love mean -- it means there are droughts in the u.s. that impact crops like corn and soybean, which could build upward pressure on those, and it also means you get a cold northern hemisphere winter, principally in the u.s. in north asia, so that could cause oil prices to be firmer in q4, q1 of this year, and of course the agricultural complex, specifically corn and soybeans to see some upward strength in q3, q4 this year. rishaad: great talking to you. have a good one. let's tell you about what we have coming up next. the factors gloom, putting the brakes on growth and asia's top financial hubs. that is coming ahead on trending business. ♪ rishaad: "trending business" you are back with "trending business". hong kong and singapore have shown brightly as asia's economic stars, now the heady days of financial growth could be coming to a
some of these agricultural commodities as well, there is a big factor. >> yes, indeed.st had the strongest el niÑo on record, equal to the one in 19 oh seven. generally speaking, when you have had a record el niÑo event, it is followed by i love mean -- it means there are droughts in the u.s. that impact crops like corn and soybean, which could build upward pressure on those, and it also means you get a cold northern hemisphere winter, principally in the u.s. in north asia, so that...
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and i agree about agriculture. it's a positive. i can see why farm states like it because japan is more open than it was. the section most protectionist culture in agriculture after japan was the u.s. but we're not opening our market as much as others. that's not a sensible position in my view. it may be politically justified. we bought off paul ryan are dairy provisions. it may be a politically good move, but it doesn't show this is -- we were hell bent for agricultural liberalization. >> other questions? one, two, three. so -- the lady -- >> thank you. michelle, wilson center. my question is, final provisions for the future. this is a temporal die mention, many tariffs would be in the future. how would you grade implementation and compliance provisions? >> you're talking about dispute settlement provisions when you say compliance? >> well, this is across a whole bunch of sectors here. we've got an argument here that the provisions in soes are weak, there are exemptions in services. how effective do you think the u.s. and others w
and i agree about agriculture. it's a positive. i can see why farm states like it because japan is more open than it was. the section most protectionist culture in agriculture after japan was the u.s. but we're not opening our market as much as others. that's not a sensible position in my view. it may be politically justified. we bought off paul ryan are dairy provisions. it may be a politically good move, but it doesn't show this is -- we were hell bent for agricultural liberalization....
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that's the attitude of agri-business giants versus agriculture.nd that's what we're battling there. and then a little later i took that public interest attitude into of all things, politics and into texas. we united farmers and farm workers, environmentalists, labors, consumers, used that jesse jackson line we might not all have come over on the same boat but we're in the same boat now. that brings people together. much to the amusement of the people of texas, we won. having won, we thought, what the hell, why don't we try to do what we said we were going to do. we put the agency to work by putting its powers and resources into the hands of ordinary people. ralph mentioned farmers markets. there were no farmers markets in texas at that time. there had been, of course, years ago, but they had all gone out of business. so i campaigned on that. why can't we have farmers markets. i lived here on capitol hill and went to eastern market. "dallas morning news" ran an editorial saying this is just foolish on hightower's parts. if the people wanted farmers
that's the attitude of agri-business giants versus agriculture.nd that's what we're battling there. and then a little later i took that public interest attitude into of all things, politics and into texas. we united farmers and farm workers, environmentalists, labors, consumers, used that jesse jackson line we might not all have come over on the same boat but we're in the same boat now. that brings people together. much to the amusement of the people of texas, we won. having won, we thought,...
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that is the big question at this agricultural show in northern ireland.y had a hard time deciding, and so do northern ireland's farmers who are struggling with an even bigger question -- whether or not to stay in the eu. he is especially concerned about a subsidies, specifically the single farm payment he receives directly from brussels. >> they are saying we will be able to -- where is the other ones are saying we cannot. reporter: some families are split down the middle or the eu referendum. the father of the family says there is no doubt that the industry relies heavily on subsidies to survive. >> i do not believe the subsidies will be as good if we depended just on britain because i do not think britain - -- they do not have the same emphasis on farming. reporter: the border to the republic of ireland is another concern. a brexit would spend -- spell an end to the market. he feels the outcome of the referendum is not really in northern ireland's ahnds. -- hands. >> they do not understand what it is like along the border. they are far away from what is
that is the big question at this agricultural show in northern ireland.y had a hard time deciding, and so do northern ireland's farmers who are struggling with an even bigger question -- whether or not to stay in the eu. he is especially concerned about a subsidies, specifically the single farm payment he receives directly from brussels. >> they are saying we will be able to -- where is the other ones are saying we cannot. reporter: some families are split down the middle or the eu...
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big agricultural companies are interested in that.s a sort of interesting new space race, if you can call it that. what do you think is driving this? is there a new level of creativity? your background 20 years ago -- >> i think we have shown there is a different risk approach that you can take with satellites. instead of putting all of our eggs in one big basket with a billion dollars satellite, you spread your risk across lots of different launch vehicles and satellites, and if one of them dies it is not the end of the world. we are treating satellites more like the i.t. industry has treated it. if one breaks, drop it out, no big deal. as opposed to these exquisite, high-end satellites. there is the risk approach, and in the minimal invasion of the technology underneath. cory: and will this be more straight line in terms of developers? >> i consider the way we build satellites to be strapping space to small's law, because every time a new hard drive comes out, a new processor comes out, we stuff of them in. so i feel like we are con
big agricultural companies are interested in that.s a sort of interesting new space race, if you can call it that. what do you think is driving this? is there a new level of creativity? your background 20 years ago -- >> i think we have shown there is a different risk approach that you can take with satellites. instead of putting all of our eggs in one big basket with a billion dollars satellite, you spread your risk across lots of different launch vehicles and satellites, and if one of...
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and that would be the commercial entities, agricultural and nonagricultural in the u.s. who have considerable amount to gain from this. they would have to next january say, look, guys, we cannot wait until 2018. this has got to get done now. we'll give you all the support to get the votes in congress to have it happen. so there may be a good chance of getting it done in early 2017 if it spills that far, but that will only happen if the business community and the agriculture community weigh in in a big way and make it happen. and i'll stop right there. [ applause ] >> well, thank you. it's a pleasure to be here. and especially to speak after ambassador ueller. i find myself in agreement with him, including, i would like to see the tpp pass. i don't need to do this because he gave an excellent description of many of the reasons why this is so important. i might be even more skeptical than him about the prospects for passage, although i agree with all the challenges he identified. i guess i would note that we have had repeated statements in the discussion about the tpp that
and that would be the commercial entities, agricultural and nonagricultural in the u.s. who have considerable amount to gain from this. they would have to next january say, look, guys, we cannot wait until 2018. this has got to get done now. we'll give you all the support to get the votes in congress to have it happen. so there may be a good chance of getting it done in early 2017 if it spills that far, but that will only happen if the business community and the agriculture community weigh in...
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more energy paid to women and this agricultural programming provision. enoughdn't have done that women could qualify in the same way. >> i am taken with that marvelous quote of ronald reagan. can you tell the context and from the theme of the quote is reagan continued to espouse an open immigration policy. champion of irca in 1986. and continue to talk about it up until the time he left office. i find it interesting. when people talk about what reagan meant. what were its long-term events -- fx? championship of it. he was proud of having signs the provision. wasn't that statement consistent with his speech before the berlin wall. politicians are not always consistent. >> there not? [laughter] they wanted to cross the border from doing so. if we had to have walls, make sure they are big enough. those never thought about two coup. >> since you are talking about immigration of women, can you comment on the current numbers of women and children crossing the border from the northern triangle. my most recent article is coming out now. it talks about women and
more energy paid to women and this agricultural programming provision. enoughdn't have done that women could qualify in the same way. >> i am taken with that marvelous quote of ronald reagan. can you tell the context and from the theme of the quote is reagan continued to espouse an open immigration policy. champion of irca in 1986. and continue to talk about it up until the time he left office. i find it interesting. when people talk about what reagan meant. what were its long-term events...
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the early '80s that terrible crisis to get down at $10 a barrel texas goes into a depression the agricultural economy goes into a depression and unstable money is like a virus in the computer it corrupts the information which is to his point. >> we will leave it there because i usually eat lunch at 12 so my stomach feels like i of living off that 75 minute hour. [laughter] i want to say which one of the things he started off with his remarks, to reject this idea that we have to get used to reduce the level of growth and prosperity because the fact that we live through this difficult time really is a result of serious policy errors all related to a reduced level of freedom. so i believe this is believed very strongly here at quito. -- cater institute it is your generosity that makes our work possible and especially the free - - the three presenters' today who all have books available for purchase i would encourage you to do so. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >>host. >> now the editor-in-chief from doubleday books what kind of books do you publish? >> 50 books pe
the early '80s that terrible crisis to get down at $10 a barrel texas goes into a depression the agricultural economy goes into a depression and unstable money is like a virus in the computer it corrupts the information which is to his point. >> we will leave it there because i usually eat lunch at 12 so my stomach feels like i of living off that 75 minute hour. [laughter] i want to say which one of the things he started off with his remarks, to reject this idea that we have to get used...
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they can have sustainable life through sustainable agriculture. >> to transition from m a battlefield to a farm field is almomost makes m more sense e tn transisitioning ininto, like,, dilbert's cubicle or a classroom of 18-year-old kids who have never seen anything but, you know, reality tv, you know? and when you've gone out and seen the world and had your friends die in your arms, you're coming home and you're 26 years old, and you're looking for where's my place in this life? wewe feel l like this is a plac, you know, where you can take a l those things that you brorought into the military-- your strength, your bravery, your ability to stand up when you're knockeked down, your sense of servicece, your sense of sacrifice, and your just willingness to carrry thehe world on your shoulders. >> as c combat veteterans take p farming, s some farmerers are finding healthihier ways of producing food by going organic. >> the way we eat has to change. we see the eaasy way of doing things, yet we go the harder rroad. it's very y rewarding.g. my name e is ross nelson. this is nelson's organic
they can have sustainable life through sustainable agriculture. >> to transition from m a battlefield to a farm field is almomost makes m more sense e tn transisitioning ininto, like,, dilbert's cubicle or a classroom of 18-year-old kids who have never seen anything but, you know, reality tv, you know? and when you've gone out and seen the world and had your friends die in your arms, you're coming home and you're 26 years old, and you're looking for where's my place in this life? wewe...
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