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Food commodity packaging machine, in the discussion room with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue (blue/green gingham shirt and tan mask) and Senator John Cornyn (blue gingham shirt and blue bandana/mask) who toured McLane Global, one of USDA’s partners in feeding rural kids in Texas and across America who have been impacted by school closures as a result of COVID-19. The Secretary and Senator will tour the food box packing facility and participate in a discussion with partners Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, Charwells K12, and PepsiCo, on July 16, in Houston, TX.
The tour is led by Mclane Global Chairman Denton McLane (black suit and mask, and red tie.) Also attending are U.S. Congressman Daniel Reed Crenshaw (with eye patch), Texas Secretary of Agriculture Sid Miller, McLane Global CEO Todd Avery, Chairman Drayton McLane, Jr., and #MillionMeals partners Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty Director of Government Relations Grace Norman, PepsiCo Food for Good Director Matt Smith, and Chartwells K12 CEO Belinda Oakley.
All USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) programs – including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); Special Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); and the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs – have flexibilities and contingencies built-in to allow them to respond to on-the-ground realities in the event of a disaster or emergency situation.
For more information about the 1,000,000 meals a week program partnership, please visit: usda.gov/media/press-releases/2020/03/17/usda-announces-feeding-program-partnership-response-covid-19
For more information about FNS Program Guidance on Human Pandemic Response, please visit: fns.usda.gov/disaster/pandemic
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Interstate Commodities Inc. coverde hoppr railroad car #35047 sits in the Norfolk Southern Railway yard in Columbua, South Carolima in 2014. It is the former Great Lakes Carbon. (GLCX) 7050
UNCTAD hosted the fifth annual Global Commodities Forum on 7–8 April 2014.
Forum participants examined and debate the theme of global value chains, transparency and commodity-based development.
This challenging theme links two topical concepts in the development discourse – global value chains and transparency – and applies them to challenges faced by commodity-dependent developing countries.
The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) set a new port record today with the arrival of the vessel ONE STORK, the largest container ship to ever call Jacksonville.
Operated by shipping line Ocean Network Express (ONE) within THE Alliance network of ocean carriers, the ONE STORK has a carrying capacity of 14,000 TEUs (containers). Previously, the largest ships to call JAXPORT had a capacity of 11,923 TEUs.
ONE STORK is the first of nine larger vessels that will call JAXPORT weekly through the EC5 container service operated by THE Alliance. Effective May 2023, THE Alliance has upsized the vessels used in the service, replacing smaller ships with six larger 14,000-TEU and three larger 13,000-TEU vessels. The upgraded vessel sizes average a 60 percent increase in container carrying capacity over the previous ships in the service.
“It’s a proud moment to see the investments Florida makes hard at work. Setting this record and accommodating the largest container ship that Jacksonville has ever had is directly linked to the continued investments in our seaports,” said Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. “Pursuing major projects like the JAXPORT Harbor Deepening Project have helped secure Florida as a leader in transportation and supply chain capabilities. These investments are paying huge dividends for Floridians and all the people our seaports serve, which extends far beyond state lines.”
“We are pleased to grow as ONE and strengthen our valued partnership with JAXPORT as we expand our fleet and broaden our service reach,” said ONE Director East Coast and Gulf Port Ops Louis Ferrer. “The operational capabilities of Jacksonville’s harbor to accommodate vessels of this size make JAXPORT a great fit for us. We are pleased that our customers will continue to benefit from direct service and efficient transit times between Asia and the Southeast U.S. offered through the EC5.”
As part of the upsizing, the EC5 service now calls the SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal (JCT) at Blount Island to utilize the terminal’s newly-deepened 47-foot harbor, which provides the water draft needed to accommodate the larger vessels. SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal is operated by SSA Marine, one of the largest terminal operators in the Americas.
“SSA’s efficiencies continue to grow as we are making significant progress on the modernization of the SSA JCT on Blount Island,” said Lauren Offenbecher, President of SSA Conventional. “We will welcome three new 100-gauge container cranes later this summer. We look forward to welcoming more services to this growing gateway as we continue to invest.”
Cargo activity through Jacksonville’s seaport supports 138,000 jobs in Florida and $31 billion in annual economic impact for the region and state. The port continues to make infrastructure improvements in support of JAXPORT’s mission to create jobs and economic opportunity for the citizens of Northeast Florida.
“This great news shows the product of solid partnerships and steadfast support from our Governor, Ron DeSantis. Florida continues to step up to the plate and work together to bring major returns on investments to our local communities and the state as a whole,” said Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Secretary Jared W. Perdue, P.E. “Setting the record for the largest vessel to call Jacksonville is truly a success story from investing in our seaports and the need for a robust supply chain network. The Department looks forward to the additional growth and future successes with our seaport partners.”
“We are thrilled to welcome the largest ship ever to visit JAXPORT. This historic moment signifies the ongoing growth and progress of our community's economic development,” said JAXPORT’s Jacksonville City Council Liaison Ron Salem. “The increased capacity of our port and the arrival of larger vessels like this will enable us to serve our customers and partners better while creating jobs and driving economic growth for our region. We look forward to continued success and prosperity as we solidify our position as a premier destination for global trade.”
“Today’s arrival of the ONE STORK represents yet another milestone for our port and community,” said JAXPORT CEO Eric Green. “Harbor deepening and the other investments that have been made in our port provide the capability for these larger vessels to call Jacksonville, supporting jobs and economic impact throughout our region and state. We are grateful for the partnership we have with our THE Alliance partners and look forward to their continued growth and success in Jacksonville.”
THE Alliance is a strategic partnership among ONE, Hapag-Lloyd, HMM, and Yang Ming.
The EC5 port rotation is: Laem Chabang (Thailand) – Cai Mep (Vietnam) – Singapore – Colombo (Sri Lanka) – Suez Canal – Halifax (Canada) – New York – Savannah – Jacksonville – Norfolk – Halifax.
Common commodities on this service may include consumer goods such as furniture, electronics, appliances, and medical equipment. The service also provides export opportunities for items such as forest products, resin, and clay.
Located in the heart of the Southeast U.S., JAXPORT is Florida’s No. 1 container port by volume and one of the nation’s top vehicle-handling ports. Jacksonville offers fast and efficient vessel operations with a 47-foot deepwater shipping channel, two-way ship traffic with no berth or terminal congestion, and same-day access to 98 million U.S. consumers.
SSA JCT is Jacksonville’s largest international container terminal by volume operating on 100 acres at JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal. JCT offers high berth productivity for vessel operations and exceptional terminal service tailored to meet customer needs. In July 2023, JCT will welcome the delivery of three additional STS cranes capable of handling the largest container vessels in service today.
The 2019 Kentucky Commodity Conference was held at the Sloan Convention Center in Bowling Green, Kentucky on January 17, 2019.
Global Commodities Forum 2011
Geneva, Switzerland
GENEVA – Michael Dunn, a Commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), joined international experts examining the commodities markets in the Global Commodities Forum in Geneva, hosted by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). At a time when international prices of some commodities are increasing, Commissioner Dunn pointed out that there is little empirical data to support the commonly-repeated view that speculators caused the oil price spike in 2008. Dunn also analyzed possible contributing causes to the current volatility in agricultural markets, such as changes in demand, weather, supply constraints, and political uncertainty. He urged countries to provide greater market transparency, improve data collection, and avoid market-distorting actions that might worsen price volatility, such as export bans.
Commissioner Dunn emphasized that commodity derivatives markets perform a critical price discovery function. As such, a market regulator such as the CFTC should ensure stable and orderly markets and should not prevent or limit volatility that arises as a result of a change in market fundamentals. Well functioning markets can assist in stabilizing prices by providing signals to producers to increase production of key commodities that are in short supply.
Commissioner Dunn also discussed the CFTC implementation of regulatory reforms to enhance transparency, including through improved data collection, regular public reporting, and enhanced surveillance. Finally, Commissioner Dunn provided an overview of the recently passed Dodd-Frank Act which mandates that the CFTC establish aggregate position limits on all physical commodity derivatives positions across US futures exchanges. Commissioner Dunn’s presentation provided a comprehensive overview of the CFTC and its directives both domestically and within the international commodities arena.
U.S. Mission Photo: Eric Bridiers
Palm oil vendor at the weekly market of Yanonge - DRC.
Photo by Axel Fassio/CIFOR
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UNCTAD hosted the fifth annual Global Commodities Forum on 7–8 April 2014.
Forum participants examined and debate the theme of global value chains, transparency and commodity-based development.
This challenging theme links two topical concepts in the development discourse – global value chains and transparency – and applies them to challenges faced by commodity-dependent developing countries.
UNCTAD hosted the fifth annual Global Commodities Forum on 7–8 April 2014.
Forum participants examined and debate the theme of global value chains, transparency and commodity-based development.
This challenging theme links two topical concepts in the development discourse – global value chains and transparency – and applies them to challenges faced by commodity-dependent developing countries.
Variant Name Chicago Mercantile Exchange (former name)
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Description: View of the trading-exchange building (one of two buildings comprising this exchange complex) under construction in 1972.
Photographer: Brubaker, C. William, 1972
Date: 1972
Geographic coverage: Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
Collection: C. William Brubaker Collection (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Repository: University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. Special Collections Department
File Name: bru003_11_lF
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UNCTAD hosted the fifth annual Global Commodities Forum on 7–8 April 2014.
Forum participants examined and debate the theme of global value chains, transparency and commodity-based development.
This challenging theme links two topical concepts in the development discourse – global value chains and transparency – and applies them to challenges faced by commodity-dependent developing countries.
Community members sing at the opening of a border information center in West Africa. In the continuing effort to facilitate West Africa inter-regional trade, USAID has supported the opening of several Border Information Centers. The Centers, located at the borders of Ghana and Togo; Ghana and Burkina Faso; and now Benin and Nigeria, bring transport information and assistance to traders, and truck drivers, and allows them to more easily transport goods and needed commodities across borders.
UNCTAD hosted the fifth annual Global Commodities Forum on 7–8 April 2014.
Forum participants examined and debate the theme of global value chains, transparency and commodity-based development.
This challenging theme links two topical concepts in the development discourse – global value chains and transparency – and applies them to challenges faced by commodity-dependent developing countries.
UNCTAD hosted the fifth annual Global Commodities Forum on 7–8 April 2014.
Forum participants examined and debate the theme of global value chains, transparency and commodity-based development.
This challenging theme links two topical concepts in the development discourse – global value chains and transparency – and applies them to challenges faced by commodity-dependent developing countries.
UNCTAD hosted the fifth annual Global Commodities Forum on 7–8 April 2014.
Forum participants examined and debate the theme of global value chains, transparency and commodity-based development.
This challenging theme links two topical concepts in the development discourse – global value chains and transparency – and applies them to challenges faced by commodity-dependent developing countries.
UNCTAD hosted the fifth annual Global Commodities Forum on 7–8 April 2014.
Forum participants examined and debate the theme of global value chains, transparency and commodity-based development.
This challenging theme links two topical concepts in the development discourse – global value chains and transparency – and applies them to challenges faced by commodity-dependent developing countries.
The GSTRCB-11 is seen off the in distance at Traver, CA., waiting on the Goshen Local to come past so they can make their way North. They will be the first of many Northbounds the Goshen has to interact with between Traver, CA., and Goshen, CA.
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Seppeltsfield, one of Australia's oldest winerieswas founded in 1851 by Joseph Ernst Seppelt. The Seppeltsfield winery is well known for its signature wine, the 100-year-old Para Tawny.
Joseph Ernest Seppelt, a merchant who sold such commodities as tobacco, snuff and liqueurs, emigrated with his family from Prussia (now Poland) to Australia in 1849 to break free from political and economic unrest.[1][6] He was intent on growing and selling tobacco. In 1850, he and his family settled in Klemzig. After discovering that the land was not suited for such purpose, he and his family decided to settle in the Barossa Valley in 1851.[7]
In 1851, Seppelt purchased 158 acres (64 ha) of land for about £1 an acre which he called Seppeltsfield. He soon discovered that, as was the case in Klemzig, the land in the Barossa Valley was not suited for growing economically useful tobacco.[8][9] However, the Seppelts did have success growing wheat on their land and, due to the gold rushes of the 1850s, were able to sell it for high prices due to high demand at the time. With his knowledge of liqueurs gained from his days as a merchant, Seppelt saw there was potential for wine production on his land. Soon thereafter, the Seppelts planted vines that flourished leading to a contribution to the Wines and Spirits category at the Melbourne Intercolonial Exhibition in 1866. [10] By 1867, Joseph had begun construction of a full-scale winery, and by 1878, the port store cellar was completed.[6] In 2006, the cellar held about 9 million litres of fortified wine.[11]
Joseph Seppelt did not live to see the completion of his winery, as he died in early 1868. His eldest son, Oscar Benno Pedro,[2] then 21, inherited a 55% majority of the winery. Benno’s younger siblings, Victor and Ottilie, inherited 30% and 15% of the winery respectively. Benno later bought out his younger siblings and gained complete control of the winery.
Benno's oversight helped earn the winery a reputation for quality wines. At the turn of the century, the Seppelt Winery was Australia's largest winery, producing 2 million litres annually.[6] The winery's reputation lead to statements like: "Seppeltsfield is undoubtedly the iconic winery of the Barossa.
Benno and his wife had a total of 16 children. In 1902, Benno set up "B Seppelt & Sons Ltd", and on his retirement in 1916, their eldest surviving son, Oscar (Oscar Benno Seppelt,[3]) became Managing Director. After Benno's death in 1931, many of their children took interests in the company.[16]
The company (and winery) remained in the Seppelt family until 1984. (excerpt from Wikepedia)
In 1889 Carl Steckelman gave 1,000 art objects from the French Congo in Southwest Africa.
Carl Steckelmann of Columbus, Indiana, worked as a rubber trader for the Thos. E. Tomlinson Trading Co., in Liverpool, England between 1885-1895. His business pursuits led him on a number of travels along the Congo River and its tributaries.
As Steckelmann traveled by boat he traded and collected merchandise from the local peoples he met along the way. Steckelmann was learning about their rich histories, customs and lifestyles during a time when most Europeans and Americans knew very little about Africa and its people. The objects he acquired represented all aspects of the peoples' ways of life. Ivory carvings, masks, figures, models, farming tools, hunting and fishing implements, animal artifacts, musical instruments, baskets, cooking utensils, mats and weaving apparatus are just some of the objects he collected.
After his first expedition, Steckelmann returned to the United States. He traveled throughout the country displaying his African treasures and to raise money for a return trip to Africa. Besides exhibiting African objects, Steckelmann toured with live monkeys and an African boy and lectured about his travels.
Four years after opening its doors in 1886, the Cincinnati Art Museum purchased the more than 1300 objects that made up the Steckelmann Collection. The Cincinnati Art Museum became the first art museum in the United States to display African objects as works of art.
After entrusting his collection to the Cincinnati Art Museum, Steckelmann was able to fulfill his desire to return to Africa. However, while on his second expedition, Steckelmann died in a boating accident. His vast contributions give us much to learn from and to enjoy.
His parents moved the family to America, where, for reasons unknown, the young Stecklemann became obsessed with Africa. In 1884 Stecklemann moved to the port of Liverpool, on England’s west coast. He sought work with a company that traded with Africa and was soon sent to Mayumba (in present-day Gabon) where he began helping some missionaries to build houses for the local people.
Within a year Stecklemann had moved to another British trading firm, Tomlinson & Co., where he remained until he became head of the company. For ten years, between 1885 and 1895, Stecklemann traded in rubber and other commodities along the Congo River and the Loango coast of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola. He also collected almost 1,500 objects from the people that he met during his travels. These items came from present-day eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola.
In 1888 Carl Stecklemann returned to America for a break. He had many pieces from his collection with him and he gave a number of public talks about Africa, including one in Cincinnati. When he returned to Africa in 1889 Stecklemann left his African pieces behind at the Cincinnati Museum Association (as it was then called) for safe-keeping. In 1890 the Association bought Stecklemann’s collection, but, by this time, Stecklemann had returned to the Loango coast, where he remained until his death, in a boating accident, in 1895.
UNCTAD hosted the fifth annual Global Commodities Forum on 7–8 April 2014.
Forum participants examined and debate the theme of global value chains, transparency and commodity-based development.
This challenging theme links two topical concepts in the development discourse – global value chains and transparency – and applies them to challenges faced by commodity-dependent developing countries.
UNCTAD hosted the fifth annual Global Commodities Forum on 7–8 April 2014.
Forum participants examined and debate the theme of global value chains, transparency and commodity-based development.
This challenging theme links two topical concepts in the development discourse – global value chains and transparency – and applies them to challenges faced by commodity-dependent developing countries.
UNCTAD hosted the fifth annual Global Commodities Forum on 7–8 April 2014.
Forum participants examined and debate the theme of global value chains, transparency and commodity-based development.
This challenging theme links two topical concepts in the development discourse – global value chains and transparency – and applies them to challenges faced by commodity-dependent developing countries.
Dried fish at the weekly market of Yanonge - DRC.
Photo by Axel Fassio/CIFOR
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Dried fish at the weekly market of Yanonge - DRC.
Photo by Axel Fassio/CIFOR
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The Yellow Tour visited Tennessee River Music Inc., Lookout Mountain Genetics, Sand Mountain Research & Extension Center, and Circle R Hay Farm
UNCTAD hosted the fifth annual Global Commodities Forum on 7–8 April 2014.
Forum participants examined and debate the theme of global value chains, transparency and commodity-based development.
This challenging theme links two topical concepts in the development discourse – global value chains and transparency – and applies them to challenges faced by commodity-dependent developing countries.
UNCTAD hosted the fifth annual Global Commodities Forum on 7–8 April 2014.
Forum participants examined and debate the theme of global value chains, transparency and commodity-based development.
This challenging theme links two topical concepts in the development discourse – global value chains and transparency – and applies them to challenges faced by commodity-dependent developing countries.
UNCTAD hosted the fifth annual Global Commodities Forum on 7–8 April 2014.
Forum participants examined and debate the theme of global value chains, transparency and commodity-based development.
This challenging theme links two topical concepts in the development discourse – global value chains and transparency – and applies them to challenges faced by commodity-dependent developing countries.
UNCTAD hosted the fifth annual Global Commodities Forum on 7–8 April 2014.
Forum participants examined and debate the theme of global value chains, transparency and commodity-based development.
This challenging theme links two topical concepts in the development discourse – global value chains and transparency – and applies them to challenges faced by commodity-dependent developing countries.
FROM THE LOCAL PAPER -
SHE IS NOT SO MUCH YOUR WIFE - FRIEND - LOVER OR WHATEVER - SHE IS A COMMODITY - TO INVEST IN LIKE YOU WERE BUYING AND SELLING SHARES - MOST STRANGE I FEEL -
n August,1289 the quiet Spanish town of Teba in Andalusia was invaded by a Scottish force led by the Earl of Selkirk and bearing a one-ton slab of Dumfriesshire marble. The Earl is chieftain of the Clan Douglas and the slab commemorates the valorous death of Sir James Douglas, the Black Douglas, at the Battle of Teba on 25th August,1330. The Douglas was bearing the heart casketed in enamelled silver of King Robert I, the Bruce, on crucade to the Holy Land. With feasting, piping and dancing, the stone was installed in the Plaza d'Espana, now Plaza Douglas.
From these celebrations came the suggestion that Teba should have a social link with a Scottish town, and what better than one with Melrose, in whose ancient abbey the heart of the Bruce lies buried and with which there such strong Douglas ties. The town link has proved impossible to realise. While there are, in and around Melrose, a surprising number of speakers of Spanish, English is a rare commodity in rural Andalusia, and there are postal communication problems. The fat Teba File slumbers on its shelf. One of its dockets poses the question,, 'why should Melrose Abbey have been so especially dear to Bruce's heart?'.
My enquiries led me to friend and fellow MHA member Muriel Hood who supplied me with abstracts of charters, brievs and letters concerning the Bruce and Melrose Abbey. To each of these I attach account of Bruce's contemporary activities, in the hope that answer to the question may emerge. Whatever your judgement on the matter I am the better of the excercise. The inculcated hero-worship of childhood, dimmed by the cynicism of middle-life, has been replaced by awe of the man.
On July 11th 1274 Marjorie of Carrick, wife of Robert Bruce the younger, bore Robert Bruce the 6th of that name, thereafter Earl of Carrick 1292-1309, Guardian of Scotland 1298-1300, King Robert I of Scotland 1306-1329. He was 55 years old at his death.