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U.S. Grains Council Works to Ensure Colombian Market

Dairy sector in Colombia is big market for U.S. grains.
(11/17/2008)

Colombia is the eighth largest market for U.S. grains. Its livestock industry, especially the growing dairy sector depends on U.S. feed.

According to Jaime Cuellar, U.S. Grains Council consultant in Colombia, the country's dairy industry uses approximately 11% of the 3.5 million metric tons of corn it imports.

"Milk consumption in Colombia has been increasing due to a consistent supply coming from two milk producing regions in the country – the highland dairies of the Andean area and those from the tropical part of the country," Cuellar said. "The result is an average per capita consumption of 150 liters."

The U.S. Grains Council has worked with Colanta, Colombia's leading dairy cooperative, for 15 years, resulting in 4.5 million tons of imported corn.

"Due to active Council involvement in this country, Colombia has become a steady importer of U.S. grains," Cuellar said. "Continued relationships with key parties such as Colanta have made this possible."

Earlier this month the Council participated in Colanta's Biannual International Seminar on Competitiveness in Milk and Beef Production. USGC Consultant Dr. Alvaro Garcia, associate professor and extension dairy specialist at South Dakota State University, presented about understanding milk quality data contributing to improved feed formulation at the seminar.

"The United States already supplies feed to Colombia's swine and poultry sectors," Cuellar said. "But it is also well positioned to continue serving Colombia's dairy sector as it grows. USGC has been involved with Colombia's dairy sector for several years now, but the industry is now expanding and because of the long-term relationship between the Council with parties such as Colanta, U.S. grains are being imported to supply this emerging sector."

By Tinto (Moderator) (Trustee board) on Nov 16, 2008, 22:29 in Friendly Talkzone.

goin_south says on Nov 16, 2008, 22:36:

Corn? and,.... milk? for human consumption?

It's doing more harm than good.
Ask......rubio..... one of the forgotten 'past significant' posters of pbsh.
and, he's right.
Milk is for babies.
Cow's milk ... is for...........baby cows.
Corn?
another of those grains always showing up on the allergy tests...
por que? .....
grains are high in enzyme inhibitors.
we need ...... the enzymes,.... not the inhibitors.

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Tinto (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Nov 16, 2008, 22:55:

Not sure what you mean by questioning corn for human consumption. It was the staple food of a large swath of Latin America for thousands of years and still provides a significant portion of daily calories in some places.

I wanted access to health care, housing and education, but, no, I get potholes, trash and silicone tits instead. -Desi.

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goin_south says on Nov 16, 2008, 22:57:

yes, Tinto... It taste good, when cooked right, but not necessarily good for ya.

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La_Huella says on Nov 17, 2008, 01:53:

We also did fine for MILLIONS of years WITHOUT corn.

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Bill Turley (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Nov 17, 2008, 05:13:

Corn is a staple here. Nearly every farm has a corn patch and there are also some in the yards in town. This is field corn, by the way, not sweet corn. There is a mill in town that grinds the corn for whatever particular use the customer wants. They process the corn for flour, for bread,courser for arepas all the way up to cracked for chickens.

Mr. Bill Somondoco

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dwmte7 says on Nov 17, 2008, 08:07:

all corn is good and good for you...all grains for that matter. remember, "one grain...ten thousand grains" georges osawa.

rice, corn, millet, buckwheat (very yang), rye, oats......the root food. i used to be a grainarian. highly limited, but pure, clean, and nutricious.

patriarch

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La_Huella says on Nov 17, 2008, 10:42:

Yeah all of that, corn, bread, arepas, etc. I'd prefer to get away from it. Just meats fruits and veggies for me please! I want to eat the good food humans ate before the "farm" was invented.

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dwmte7 says on Nov 17, 2008, 13:06:

tom...do you know el portal on cl 10 about 4 blocks up from oriental (ave poblado)? they might have a bread you like.

patriarch

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Tinto (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Nov 17, 2008, 14:12:

Jonas, my suggestion would be to figure out a way to get ripe, RED, flavorful tomatoes to the restaurant industry in Colombia.

I wanted access to health care, housing and education, but, no, I get potholes, trash and silicone tits instead. -Desi.

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goin_south says on Nov 17, 2008, 14:25:

"all corn is good and good for you...all grains for that matter. remember, "one grain...ten thousand grains" georges osawa.
rice, corn, millet, buckwheat (very yang), rye, oats......the root food. i used to be a grainarian. highly limited, but pure, clean, and nutricious."

dwmte.... I use to agree with all of that. Until I checked out the thoughts of our other ONCE PROLIFIC POSTER, and Mild-Mannered Child, Rubito... as he was always promoting the PALEOLITHIC DIET, which reminds us that.... Grains are high in Enzyme Inhibitors.... not such a good thing.

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goin_south says on Nov 17, 2008, 14:30:

A couple of sites, worth checking out:
.... http://www.deathfood.com/, and ... http://www.kingcorn.net/

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bhill says on Nov 17, 2008, 14:50:

If you believe the premise of "Guns, Germs, and Steel" grain is responsible for the rise of western civilization (more or less at the expense of everyone else). I don't know if I believe the author's premise (not enough White Guilt I suppose), but it is entertaining.

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dwmte7 says on Nov 17, 2008, 15:26:

oh! fuck it all! i'm just gonna stick my finger down my throat and puke...never to eat again.

patriarch

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La_Huella says on Nov 17, 2008, 15:33:

You can get nice Roma tomatoes at the plazas here. Ripe is sometimes a problem... Colombians seem to have this crazy obsession with underripe fruit.

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corporalgator (☼Travelguide writer) says on Nov 17, 2008, 22:22:

Follow Michael Pollan, auther of In Defense of Food's (a great read by the way) advice: eat food, not too much, mostly plants. Grains are essential for sustaining large developing nations, but you should avoid them and eat mostly fruits and veggies. You can eat anything you want, don't worry about fat or carbs et al, just as long as it's natural. His further advice is don't eat anything your grandmother wouldn't recognize as food, don't eat anything with more than 5 ingredients on the label (so if you want good bread, make it yourself or go to a bakery, don't buy it from a supermarket that got it from a factory), and don't eat anything that has an ingredient you don't recognize or can't pronounce. It sounds complicated, but it's not. Just buy fresh ingredients.

As far as a niche food goes: all beef hotdogs that don't taste like crap, Dr. Pepper, a decent parmesean reggiano I could use to make fetuccinni alfredo, baked beans (violates all the rules, but I'm a sucker for them), fruits that could be easily grown here for cheaper but aren't and are instead imported: blueberries that aren't like tiny little rocks, peaches, kiwis, cranberries, etc; pure vanilla extract - can only find the imitation stuff here.

Unripe fruit allows you to buy more of it and then keep it longer as it ripens. There are things you can do to speed along ripening 1 or 2 pieces at a time like putting bananas in a paper bag with an apple overnight.

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La_Huella says on Nov 17, 2008, 23:28:

Yeah but the absolute best is fruit that reaches its optimum ripeness right on the tree. Kinda hard to do in a big city, admittedly. :P

Blueberries are gonna be tough because you need real dark alkaline soil to grow them properly. :P They'd have to synthesize the soil probably.

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La_Huella says on Nov 17, 2008, 23:59:

Nope, do you have a link, I can't find it.

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goin_south says on Nov 18, 2008, 00:15:

dwmte... I'm goin_east this weekend, to fix you some fruit bowls and platas de legumbres. We can't afford to lose you !
You're the only sane and saintly one here!

Be patient; I'm getting there.... el gringo muy despacio ;-)

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dwmte7 says on Nov 18, 2008, 04:14:

thanks southbound....i thought eating sane, which i've done for 50 years, was sufficient. now listening to this, i wanna eat shit and die.

we eat all fresh produce, fruit and grains. nothing canned and nothing processed. we're healthy and i always say, eat what GOD made, the way HE made it. again, listening to all this one is left with the feeling that you need to put one finger in your mouth and the other up your ass and if you don't puke, change em.

common. eating properly is common sense. the comments about grandma and her knowing what was good is great advise. eat fresh foods, don't hang out on organic as you have no idea if it's organic or not and in colombia, 99 % of everything is organic. eat fruits and if you need, meats. fish is always better.....yum!, mercury!!!

just think about what you put in your mouth. remember, "shit in...shit out"

patriarch

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