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<blockquote data-quote="smnherf" data-source="post: 1106436" data-attributes="member: 3235"><p>There is a bigger picture than just the US though. We cant ignore the demand for grain fed beef outside the US, a market that we have a significant advantage over every other country in the world and something that we have invested a lot of money into. I have heard this cheap meat idea being promoted by our national organization in previous years too. It leads to market consolidation, low profits and an eventual shrinkage of the industry. The idea that we need to compete with chicken based on price is fools gold. If we compete on taste, then we win big time. </p><p></p><p>The market forces are determining how cattle are being fed right now to meet the world wide needs unless he thinks the packers are using their monopolistic market power to manipulate the market signals being sent to the producers. Just like the corn market, high prices are the cure for high prices as profitability eventually leads to more production.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smnherf, post: 1106436, member: 3235"] There is a bigger picture than just the US though. We cant ignore the demand for grain fed beef outside the US, a market that we have a significant advantage over every other country in the world and something that we have invested a lot of money into. I have heard this cheap meat idea being promoted by our national organization in previous years too. It leads to market consolidation, low profits and an eventual shrinkage of the industry. The idea that we need to compete with chicken based on price is fools gold. If we compete on taste, then we win big time. The market forces are determining how cattle are being fed right now to meet the world wide needs unless he thinks the packers are using their monopolistic market power to manipulate the market signals being sent to the producers. Just like the corn market, high prices are the cure for high prices as profitability eventually leads to more production. [/QUOTE]
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