I just mentioned last night the news reported that the border is going to open with Canada. Now what happens? Canada reports another case of BSE. They are very quick to point out that it is in a 10 year old dairy cow which means it would not be able to be shipped to the US under the new rules. It's almost like they are doing this to prove they can catch any cows with BSE and not let them be shipped to the US. Hmm, conspiracy theorists will have a hey day with this.
Just as a side note from a beef producer. Most, if not all, cases of BSE stem from dairy cows not beef cows. This stems from the fact that most dairy cows are run in an confinement operation while beef cows are run on the open range. Makes me feel better about good quality beef and I hope it does you too.
It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious people in the world, and the most addicted to the belief that the other nations of the earth are in a conspiracy to under value them. Henry James
Thursday, December 30. 2004
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Amen, from another beef producer! Not only do most folks have no idea in the differences, I don't think they really want to know. Paint us all with the same brush... And I wish that they'd (the media) quit airing that poor old Holstein stumbling around.
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