Cattle Rack Rancher
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I think your concern about the flood of Canadian cattle having a severe downward affect on American markets is a little off. I would guess that when the US border opens, the price in the US won't change by more than a nickel. I would actually guess it will be 2-3 cents. You have to remember that as big as Canada is in area, alot of it is sparsely populated. Farther up north, nothing grows but moss and muskeg. In Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec, most of the land is covered with rocks and trees (The Canadian Shield) Our total cattle numbers including milk cows, breeding stock etc is only about 14 million at present which I think works out to about 8% of the size of the American herd (please correct me if I'm wrong, I haven't checked the numbers recently) Some of our production is already entering the US as boxed beef. That leaves live cattle and we do have to eat some of that ourselves. Traditionally, beef from Alberta has gone south but alot of the beef eaten in Ontario comes from the US (less shipping costs). I gues we'll see which one of us is right when the border opens.