animal agriculture: critical to your success its time to support your best customers © 2012...
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Animal Agriculture: Animal Agriculture: Critical to Your SuccessCritical to Your Success
It’s Time to Support Your Best Customers
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Importance of Animal Agriculture: Importance of Animal Agriculture: DemandDemand
• Per capita meat consumption continues to expand worldwide, as well as in the U.S.
• This expansion results in a growing demand for grain and protein feeds.
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Importance of Animal Agriculture:Importance of Animal Agriculture:What it Means to IllinoisWhat it Means to Illinois
Is Illinois capitalizing on these opportunities by encouraging the growth of animal agriculture in our
state?YES NO
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What Animal Agriculture Means What Animal Agriculture Means to Illinois Soybean Growersto Illinois Soybean Growers
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Livestock Producers AreLivestock Producers AreYour No. 1 CustomerYour No. 1 Customer
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Are We Keeping Up?Are We Keeping Up?• Illinois hog numbers have grown at half the rate of the
national average.
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Animal Agriculture: Animal Agriculture: Critical to Your SuccessCritical to Your Success
Animal agriculture contributes to the state’s economy:
Output$4.5 billion in economic activity Jobs
24,236 jobs
Taxes$189 million in income taxes
$246 million in property taxes
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Animal Agriculture: Animal Agriculture: Critical to Your SuccessCritical to Your Success
Illinois livestock industry output multiplier = 1.88
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Animal Agriculture: Animal Agriculture: Critical to Your SuccessCritical to Your Success
• The livestock industry continues to serve as an economic engine in both rural and urban areas of the state.
• It provides real growth for an overall declining Illinois economy.
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Animal Agriculture: Animal Agriculture: Critical to Your SuccessCritical to Your Success
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We’re All In This TogetherWe’re All In This Together
• Livestock producers are your No. 1 customer.
• If livestock production fails to grow, it will have a negative effect on prices.– Lower demand for Illinois
soybean meal– Fewer local livestock customers– Higher transportation costs
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Think About ItThink About It• Let’s work together to build and support a
thriving, vital animal agriculture industry in Illinois. It’s the right choice for the future.– Be informed– Share information– Help expand
animal agriculture
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Thank YouThank You
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