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<blockquote data-quote="rainie" data-source="post: 354659" data-attributes="member: 6006"><p>Gary J Gale. Please proofread what you have written before you submit it.You are hard to understand. </p><p></p><p>I luv hrfds- thankyou for your comments, finally somebody that can see the big picture.</p><p></p><p>This is a NORTH AMERICAN problem. I don't like it and you don't like it. It is your US packing plants up here that are cashing in big time while you and I are playing the blame game. It seems like there are a lot of sore feelings being built up between countries and the packers are sitting back and expanding on yours and mine sweat.The only thing that they are worried about is their quarterly profits, and how to control more of the marketplace.I have to throw out a scenario to you and see what you think. Britians bse came from contaminated feed,so I guess that means that bse has to be from contaminated feed. Where do you get contaminated feed from? Feed mills and feed companies, that are looking to increase profits using a cheap protein source, namely animal parts. Now, for arguements sake, and please keep an open mind about this. Do you think that the large packers could have done a market share analysis if bse should show up in one of our countries? They could have probably figured out all this stuff that you and I are argueing about. A lot of your smaller packing plants had to shut down, leaving a much bigger piece of the pie for the big dogs. These same "big dogs" are becoming stronger (multinational) and will eventually dictate the price that you and I get for our cattle. Bse was probably the best thing that could have happened (planted) for them. It allowed them to overtake small companies and expand. Now I understand that these same big companies that we helped to build through our extremely cheap beef are setting their sights on south america, where the beef is even cheaper yet.Is our market going to go the same way as the chicken and pork industries.How many cattle ranchers have to quit or go under.Is there a solution? Does anybody have a crystal ball that can see 5-10-20 years in the future. Will we be raising cattle for these large packers, and paid a salary for our work and grass, not unlike the people in poor countries right now who are making clothes for other multinationals. Food for thought. All that I want to do is grow and improve the grass on my land, and raise the best quality beef that I can. As cattlemen this is probably what we like to do no matter what side of the border we are on. Our ties to the land and cattle are also probably why this whole bse stuff is taken so personally,and why feelings are so strong. I just hope that we can keep an open mind during all this and concentrate more on what we do best- growing grass and improving the environment on our own farm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rainie, post: 354659, member: 6006"] Gary J Gale. Please proofread what you have written before you submit it.You are hard to understand. I luv hrfds- thankyou for your comments, finally somebody that can see the big picture. This is a NORTH AMERICAN problem. I don't like it and you don't like it. It is your US packing plants up here that are cashing in big time while you and I are playing the blame game. It seems like there are a lot of sore feelings being built up between countries and the packers are sitting back and expanding on yours and mine sweat.The only thing that they are worried about is their quarterly profits, and how to control more of the marketplace.I have to throw out a scenario to you and see what you think. Britians bse came from contaminated feed,so I guess that means that bse has to be from contaminated feed. Where do you get contaminated feed from? Feed mills and feed companies, that are looking to increase profits using a cheap protein source, namely animal parts. Now, for arguements sake, and please keep an open mind about this. Do you think that the large packers could have done a market share analysis if bse should show up in one of our countries? They could have probably figured out all this stuff that you and I are argueing about. A lot of your smaller packing plants had to shut down, leaving a much bigger piece of the pie for the big dogs. These same "big dogs" are becoming stronger (multinational) and will eventually dictate the price that you and I get for our cattle. Bse was probably the best thing that could have happened (planted) for them. It allowed them to overtake small companies and expand. Now I understand that these same big companies that we helped to build through our extremely cheap beef are setting their sights on south america, where the beef is even cheaper yet.Is our market going to go the same way as the chicken and pork industries.How many cattle ranchers have to quit or go under.Is there a solution? Does anybody have a crystal ball that can see 5-10-20 years in the future. Will we be raising cattle for these large packers, and paid a salary for our work and grass, not unlike the people in poor countries right now who are making clothes for other multinationals. Food for thought. All that I want to do is grow and improve the grass on my land, and raise the best quality beef that I can. As cattlemen this is probably what we like to do no matter what side of the border we are on. Our ties to the land and cattle are also probably why this whole bse stuff is taken so personally,and why feelings are so strong. I just hope that we can keep an open mind during all this and concentrate more on what we do best- growing grass and improving the environment on our own farm. [/QUOTE]
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