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weight gain. This product increases muscle percentage, rather than fat, over those same levels of maturity. That increases the yield of meat in the carcass, which adds value.” McKean said this improves feed efficiency and enables producers to achieve desired carcass weights and yields. High feed costs, carcass yield premiums and orderly marketing of groups of animals are the main reasons for the United States’ use of ractopamine. “Consumers benefit from this efficiency of production with more meat availability and more reasonable prices than would exist without the product use,” McKean said. McKean said that ractopamine was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration back in 1999 in swine, and later in beef and turkeys. “There are consumers and governmental agencies who, for whatever reason, do not want to use technologies to increase efficiency or quantities of food products,” McKean said. “There is no universal definition of ‘safe’ or measure that determines when a product is ‘safe.’ In most cases, agreement can be reached when a product causes toxic effects that can be measured and causation determined.” McKean said a wide range of opinions exist about where the line between “safe” and “not safe” is to be placed. Lee Schulz, assistant professor of economics, said although Russia has a smaller proportion of the market for U.S. meat sales, the complete loss of the Russian market would be rather significant for the United States. He pointed out that, for Russia, it’s more of a market-access issue. “Russia restricting exports would lower competition among exporting countries and raise their prices domestically,” Schulz said. “Countries that do establish ractopamine-free production systems and implement testing programs will have increased costs, which will be passed along as higher prices.” Schulz speculated that Russia’s action could be done not so much out of a “steadfast concern about the safety of ractopamine or the comfort
2012 top US pork markets Statistics according to United States Department of Agriculture Daily Livestock Report ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■
Japan: 26 percent Canada: 11 percent Mexico: 22 percent Russia: Five percent China: 12 percent Hong Kong: Two percent Caribbean: One percent Other: 21 percent
More information Information according to Dow Jones ■■ Russia is one of the top 10 importers of U.S. meat. ■■ U.S. beef exports to Russia totaled $254.5 million in the first 11 months of 2012, 21 percent higher than the previous year, according to the U.S. Meat Export Federation. ■■ Pork exports for the period were valued at $267.8 million.
of Russia’s citizens,” but rather motivated more by protectionism. In economics, protectionism is defined as “the theory, practice or system of fostering or developing domestic industries by protecting them from foreign competition through duties or quotas imposed on importations.” In this case, the duty imposed would be the ban on goods with ractopamine. “One of the damaging aspects of this situation is the potential fallout,” Schulz said. “This unwarranted attention could bring about questions such as: ‘This product is banned in Russia, so should we ban it here?’ This is and will likely continue to be an ongoing trade issue.”
of approximately 600 former ISU students to have their name engraved in Gold Star Hall. The panel shows a battlefield nurse, which is meant to represent Elizabeth Wind, serving in Europe during World War I, but Svec said it has been recently learned that Wind was actually a dietitian who died during the flu epidemic of 1918 in Virginia. The “love” window shows the scene of the football game between Iowa State and Northwestern in 1895 where Iowa State earned the title “Cyclones.” The team picked up the name after a Chicago sports writer stated that Northwestern had been defeated by a “cyclone from out of the West.” Nods to Iowa State’s culture can be seen throughout the windows. Scenes of the Campanile and cherries are present along with an image of Adonijah Welch, who was the first president of Iowa State University. Welch can be seen with a sack of potatoes, throwing them; according to an Iowa State legend, wherever one of Welch’s potatoes landed was where a tree was planted on
Stained glass facts ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■ ■■
Memorial Union finished in 1928 Gold Star Hall stained glass windows added in 1943 12 stained glass windows Designer: Harold Cummings Artificially lit Additions added in the 1950s on the west and east sides of Gold Star Hall block out any natural light from coming through the stained glass
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Learning Virility Courage Patriotism Justice Faith
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campus. “We have to make it part of the Iowa State experience,” said Scott Southward, communications specialist at the Memorial Union. “I think we have to look at it strategically to get the message out to students.” The history of the Campanile, the Zodiac and VEISHEA has been ingrained in every student’s brain, but not the story of the
Determination Love Obedience Loyalty Integrity Tolerance
Gold Star Hall’s stained glass windows. The windows are a lesserknown tradition, but they can be seen as the 12 pillars of what it takes to be a true Iowa Stater. “The first impression is that they are very churchy, but each is a symbol for something,” Svec said. “They are the story of Iowa State, and this is why they are very important for students to know.”
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