Posted by RN on August 08, 2014 at 11:53:16 from (66.188.143.138):
In Reply to: $14.50 Corn posted by Traditional Farmer on August 08, 2014 at 04:58:21:
Some old order Amish have been doing "Organic" for years, just wouldn"t fill out the paperwork for a "certified organic" label, but did keep farm log/diary for their own record keeping, tax prep purposes. About 2010 with the ag bills, tax law changes, various paperwork to fill out to remain "Amish" instead of "English" the records of farm got included into the "Organic" proof acceptable to use the label on products sold. The Amish postal circle letters got to many bishops with the news of potential extra profit on crops and some states accepted the "Amish Certified" label in the grocery stores as a alternative to the federal law labels. Japan has their own food laws and inspection drills- a Oregon farmer got his meat accepted in Japan when the Japanese wouldn"t take USDA inspected beef due to Mad cow concerns, Canadian inspection of each carcass and the Organic inspection of each carcass meets Japans "inspect every cow brain/get the feed records" standard while the USDA "inspect some at random/don"t ask what they were fed" didn"t meet their standard. Couple farms in Iowa were getting $22.00 to $25.00/bu for soybeans for contracted Chinese Black variety grown to old practice- Amish got some of the sales. This variety is used for Tofu, TVP=Textured Veggie Protein for human consumption instead of pressed for oil, no pesticide or herbicide residues allowed in product (except maybe Pyrethium and sulfur?) Yield is/was about 2/3 Roundup Ready soybean, cost for production was estimated 10% higher per bushel - but double+ price for yield meant extra profit, especially for the Amish that had minimal change in practice needed to grow the specialty crop, no extra diesel or gas bill for cultivation required- the horse team needs feed pulling cultivator or not. About only other specialty crop that pays as good is restricted to the Washington and Colorado state farmer for the time being for a product that mostly goes up in smoke- but it may not be "organic" grown. RN
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