Is it just me or does this strike you as one of the more unusual stories of the day?
Why in the world would they ship cattle all the way from North Dakota to Kazakhstan? There must be at least one country in the world that has cattle that are a bit closer to Kazakhstan than North Dakota.
The first thing I did when I was sent this story, was check the calendar to make sure it wasn't the first of April.
I honestly don't know if this is a "real" first for North Dakota, but it is North Dakota's first shipment.
Now, connecting the dots.
Back in 2006, the governor headed an 18-member team to Kazakhstan to explore additional export opportunities.
This was a big enough deal to be reported at Wikipedia.
See this posting also.
View this as supplying genes to Kazakhstan rather than beef.
ReplyDeleteJack Dalrymple, North Dakota's Lt. Governor who led this trade mission, is a progeny and heir of the North Dakota bonanza farm Dalrymples. Our current governor, John Hoeven, will likely be elected to the US Senate with the largest margin of any senatorial candidate running this year, and when that happens, Jack Dalyrymple will almost certainly become governor.
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Oh, yes, I knew that it was all about starting a Kazakhstan cattle "industry," I just thought it very, very interesting that of all the places in the world, "they" came all the way to North Dakota.
ReplyDeleteI was absolutely blown away (positively) by the foresight that the governor had sending a team to Kazakhstan in 2006 to explore opportunities.
I now know a bit more about the geography, having learned a bit about Kazakhstan and the Kashagan oil field in the process.