Category: markets

  • Kill The Export Market

    I see the Big Meat Packing Plants are trying to get what little beef we export to <a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/vetlife_content.asp?ContentID=138506">South Korea shut off</a>. Why don't they pay attention to these things? The packers know South Korea is very touchy about importing US beef so would it be so hard to be a little more careful and…

  • Step Forward

    Beef trade with Japan has taken a <a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=2692EC9E-D863-3BFE-F4544C0BDA405F1C">big step forward</a>. They have given 35 beef plants a clean bill of health which will stop 100% inspections of imports in Japan and they will scale back to only random checks. This is a good step, now to work on getting them to accept something other…

  • Willing

    I see that <a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=682D236E-DC90-7633-9DC0437FCCCD3387">South Korean consumers are willing to buy US Beef</a>. It's just the politicians are trying to keep it from happening. I notice when US beef was offered in Japan the consumer was willing to buy it to. The politicians from these countries are reading their consumers wrong and maybe should open…

  • One Load Is Accepted

    I see that South Korea is <u>maybe</u>, I repeat <u><strong>maybe</strong></u>, modifying their <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2252-South-Koreas-Trade-Barrier.html">official/unofficial US beef Blockade</a> that they have been preaching for the past few months. They have finally <a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=34612F50-C097-F1A0-BEB48276EE7F8AF0">accepted a load</a> of US Beef. It's a start but I am not getting my hopes up on one small load of beef. It…

  • They Deserve It

    If you are not going to allow high quality US beef into your country, you deserve the <a href="http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200703/kt2007031515483911950.htm">highest beef prices</a> for your consumers. It isn't rocket science people.<br />n<br />n<strong>You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have…

  • New BSE Case, No Bull

    It seems like Canada has a <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-02-07-mad-cow-canada_x.htm">new case</a> of <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> cropping up. This time it is in a bull of an uncertain age, they think 5 to 7 years, and are starting to try and figure out where it got the infected feed. The report indicates that the animal never entered…

  • Australia Drought

    <a href="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21045763-421,00.html" >Cattle slaughter rate jumps as farmers battle drought</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>CATTLE are being slaughtered at rates not seen for 30 years, with almost three-quarters of a million killed a month as farmers battle the drought.<br />n<br />nFigures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday reveal a rise in the number of cattle slaughtered…

  • Empty Threat

    <a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=93986" >S. Korea Threatens To Ban U.S. Beef Again</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>South Korean legislators talked tough on Wednesday, warning they might reinstate a ban on U.S. beef imports if Washington continues to demand that Seoul ease its quarantine inspection standards.<br />n<br />n“The U.S. should be aware that if the U.S. Congress continues to press with…

  • Cattle Herd Contraction

    <a href="http://www.agriculture.com/ag/futuresource/FutureSourceStoryIndex.jhtml?storyId=76600218" >DJ OUTLOOK 07: US Cattle Herd To Be Thinner In New Yr</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The nation's beef cattle herd, both in number and by<br />nweight, will be thinner in 2007, say some analysts, with high corn prices seen<br />nas a major deterrent to expansion.<br />n<br />n Analysts used current 2007 corn futures values in…

  • The Gods Are Smiling

    You reap what you sow and the Gods smile about it.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.agweb.com/get_article.aspx?pageid=133480&src=gennews" >Beef Prices In South Korea World’s Highest</a><br />n<br />nServes the bastards right for not letting US beef into their country. Maybe once the consumers figuyre this out they will revolt and overthrow their oppressive government.<br />n<br />n<strong>Injustice, poverty, slavery, ignorance –…