From Farm to Fryer – McDonalds French Fries

Oct 22, 2012

McDonalds Invites Consumers behind the Scenes of Food Production

With the so-called ‘food movement’ sweeping across the nation, consumers are quickly becoming more curious about the foods they eat, in particular - where it comes from and what it’s made with. In the days leading up to an historic and controversial vote in California called Prop 37, which would mandate the labelling of all food products that contain GMO ingredients; some food companies and restaurants are taking the public’s queue by shedding light on their very own practices.

Global fast-food giant McDonalds is leading the way with a series of videos that seek to answer consumer’s questions about their products - by showing them what goes on behind the scenes.

The following video was created by McDonalds in response to consumer questions regarding their French fries and it takes us from the Farm into the Fryer.

Video: Is China Buying US Soybeans + USDA Nov 14th Crop Report could be “Game Changing”

After a week of a U.S./China trade truce, markets/trade is skeptical that we have not seen a signed agreement nor heard much from China or seen any details. There are rumors that China is buying soybean futures & not the physical. Trust in Trump?
12 MMT of U.S. soybean purchases by China by year-end is better than 0 but we all need to give it more time and give it a chance to unfold. China did lower the tariffs on Ag and is buying U.S. wheat and sorghum.
U.S. supreme court could rule against Trumps tariffs, but the Trump administration does have a plan B.
U.S. government shutdown is now the longest in history at 38 days.
But despite a U.S. government shutdown we will be getting a USDA November crop report next Friday and it could be “game changing.” If the USDA provides a bullish surprise with lower U.S. corn and soybean yields and ending stocks that are lower than expected both corn and soybean futures will break out above their ceilings at $4.35/bu and $11.35/bu respectively.
The funds continued their selling in live and feeder cattle futures on continued fears that the Trump administration want to lower U.S. beef prices. The fundamentals have not changed, only market psychology has.
Stocks markets continue to worry about a weak U.S. job market, but you can blame ChatGPT for that. In the future, we will have a more efficient, productive and growing economy with a higher unemployment rate until we have more skilled AI workers.
After 34 new record highs in the S & P 500 and 124 new records in the NASDAQ in 2025 we are back to a correction and investor profit taking as AI valuations may have gotten too stretched near-term ahead of NVDA’s 3rd quarter earnings announcement on Nov. 19th. But this is not an AI bubble.
75% of Tesla shareholders approved a $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk!
It has rained in South America in the last 7 days, but both the American and European models agree that Central Brazil remains dry in the next 14-days!

Livestock Truck Rollover Leaves 500 Weaner Pigs on the Loose Near St. Mary’s, Ont.

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