Bloomberg BusinessWeek, July 2, 2012

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(1) Dexter Roberts, For China, Too Much Steel Isn't Enough.
http://www.businessweek.com/arti ... h-steel-isnt-enough
(China "is home to six of the world’s 10 largest steelmakers, including Baosteel * * * The mainland’s total capacity, which is set to hit 940 million tons this year, already outstrips demand by 220 million tons, according to Shanghai-based research and consulting firm Mysteel")

Note:
(a) The report said, "Baosteel Group's planned $11 billion steelworks will eventually transform the sleepy island of Donghai."

东海岛
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/东海岛
(广东省 湛江市)
(b) The report mentioned "rebar, the ribbed steel bars used to reinforce concrete."
(i) rib (vt):
"1: to furnish or enclose with ribs
2: to knit so as to form vertical ridges in"
(ii) rib (n): "an elongated ridge"
www.m-w/com


(2) Alan Bjerga, The Making of the 1,000-Page Farm Bill.
http://www.businessweek.com/arti ... -000-page-farm-bill

My comment: There is no need to read the text. Please view, in the left column, under the heading "Related":
(a) Graphic no 1:
* "That's a LOT of flakes   Corn is the king of US crops: In 2011 growers gotr $2 billion in direct government support. No wonder Americans eat more of it than Europe and China combined--including 11 billion pounds of breakfast cereal a year."
* Don Draper's secret   Enjoy atht wrinkleresistant shirt, courtesy of USDA scientists who devloped perma-press cotton in the 1950s."
* "All that soy that's fit to print   That smudgy newsprint on your fingertips? Another farm bill creation. Most newspapers are now printed with soy-based ink, developed with money the government requires farmers to set aside for marketing and finding new uses for their crops."
(b) Graphic no 2:
* "Fresh(ish) fruit   * * * In 1999 the USDA helped create NatureSeal, a powder that keeps cut fresh fruit from turning brown and mushy for as long as 21 days."
* "Holy cluck   In April[, 2012] US farms slaughtered 683 million chickens, more than any other country."

(c) permanent press
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_press
(d) soy ink
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soy_ink
(e)
(i) NatureSeal, Inc
www.natureseal.com
is a subsidiary of
(ii) Mantrose-Haeuser Co, Inc
http://www.mantrose.com/
("NatureSeal® is a blend of vitamins and minerals that extend the shelf-life of fresh-cut fruit and vegetables")
, which in turn is a subsidiary of RPM International, Inc.
(f) cluck (n, v; immitative): "the characteristic sound made by a hen especially in calling her chicks"


(3) Alan Bjerga, Remaking the Family Farm. (title in print).
http://www.businessweek.com/arti ... century-family-farm
(5,000-acre; 2,700-head herd; "Together, the couple’s fiscal 2011 revenue was $8.02 million. * * * the farm’s annual crop subsidies of roughly $10,000 in recent years are a negligible part of overall profit")

Note:
(a) Do not forget to view Slideshow in the left column, whcih constitutes the photos in print.
(b) White Mountains (New Hampshire)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Mountains_(New_Hampshire)
(map; Part of the Appalachian Mountains)
(c) Dartmouth College
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_College
(private; in Hanover, NH; one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolutionestablished in 1769 by Congregational minister Eleazar Wheelock)

Quote: "Named for William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth — an important supporter of Eleazar Wheelock's earlier efforts but who, in fact, opposed creation of the College and never donated to it — Dartmouth is the nation's ninth oldest college and the last institution of higher learning established under Colonial rule.

* Dartmouth, Devon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth,_Devon

(d) Cozad, Nebraska
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cozad,_Nebraska
(e) Creature Comforts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creature_Comforts
(originally a 1989 British humorous animated short film about how animals feel about living in a zoo)
(f) alfalfa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfalfa
(The English name is adopted from the Spanish, originally alfalfez, which in turn is derived from the Arabic al-fisfisa "fresh fodder;" Alfalfa has been cultivated by humans since at least the 4th century CE)
(g) steer (n): "a male bovine animal and especially a domestic ox (Bos taurus) castrated before sexual maturity — compare STAG"

* stag (n): "a male animal castrated after sexual maturity"
(h) The report stated, "So she {anne] bought into US Premium Beef, a cooperative."

buy into: "to purchase a portion of or interest in <the TV network bought into its local football team>"
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buy
(i) Anne Burkholder's blog
http://feedyardfoodie.wordpress.com/
(j) Burkholder is Americanized form of Swiss German surname Burkhalter. The latter is composed of the Middle High German elements burc ‘castle’ (originally also ‘protection’) + halter from halde ‘slope.’