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Border closure bad for US packers
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<blockquote data-quote="Texan" data-source="post: 46749" data-attributes="member: 416"><p>CR, I had seen this earlier when Annie posted it. I suppose you brought it back up for comments, so here's mine:</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>"The U.S. border should never have been closed for an extended period of time in the first place......"</em></p><p></p><p>I can agree with Boyle on this. The thing seems to have gotten out of hand and the longer it goes on, the worse its going to get when trade resumes.</p><p></p><p> </p><p><em>"...Canadian beef is as safe from BSE as is American beef...."</em></p><p></p><p>And I don't have any trouble agreeing with this one, either. This is no longer a food safety issue and everyone should admit that. By failing to admit it, in my opinion we lose credibility on future issues that involve <em>real</em> food safety concerns.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>"....failing to resume trade immediately is causing those who make a living in the beef industry on both sides of the border to be permanently, and perhaps irrevocably, damaged."</em></p><p></p><p>This is where I see a slight problem with his position! On our side of the border, a cattleman would have to look way off into the future to see any permanent, irrevocable damage. I'm willing to bet that 95%+ of producers here can't see any damage at all from continued closure. That number is only anecdotal and there's no way to prove it. My point is that its gonna be a hard sell over here......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Texan, post: 46749, member: 416"] CR, I had seen this earlier when Annie posted it. I suppose you brought it back up for comments, so here's mine: [i]"The U.S. border should never have been closed for an extended period of time in the first place......"[/i] I can agree with Boyle on this. The thing seems to have gotten out of hand and the longer it goes on, the worse its going to get when trade resumes. [i]"...Canadian beef is as safe from BSE as is American beef...."[/i] And I don't have any trouble agreeing with this one, either. This is no longer a food safety issue and everyone should admit that. By failing to admit it, in my opinion we lose credibility on future issues that involve [i]real[/i] food safety concerns. [i]"....failing to resume trade immediately is causing those who make a living in the beef industry on both sides of the border to be permanently, and perhaps irrevocably, damaged."[/i] This is where I see a slight problem with his position! On our side of the border, a cattleman would have to look way off into the future to see any permanent, irrevocable damage. I'm willing to bet that 95%+ of producers here can't see any damage at all from continued closure. That number is only anecdotal and there's no way to prove it. My point is that its gonna be a hard sell over here...... [/QUOTE]
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