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Originally posted by fotze@Jun 24 2005, 09:27 PM
I defend the US most of the time but this madcow shinguard is blatant protectionism and complete bullshinguard. arseholes.
Tron, has your family lost money because of all of this ?
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Yeah, but not as substantially as most. Their herd has gone down in value, but because they are purebred show cattle, it's a little different than the commercial industry. Instead of selling meat, we more or less sell the genetics of a heifer or bull, which isn't really subject to mad cow. We also export genetics (semen and embryos) around the world so it more than makes up for any loss the actual cattle sustain.
The border closure is actually forcing a lot of farmers to look at other markets (asian being one) which is a good thing IMO. It decreases the dependancy we have on the Americans.