There were a lot of "pirates" who took advantage...international ones and lots of our own little domestic pirates? It was a turkey shoot for every little abbatoire in the country?
The underlying fact was the border closure and subsequent games that followed, allowed these outfits to exploit the situation?
I think too that a lot of farmers were getting to that time in their life when they needed to slow down or quit and there just wasn't enough money in the beef business to keep them working at it? I think that was the trend before BSE...it just accelerated it in a big way?
I don't have any solutions...in fact I doubt there really are any? I think this industry is fundamentally going through a massive change, which may be a good thing or not? I guess we'll know 20 years down the road?
The underlying fact was the border closure and subsequent games that followed, allowed these outfits to exploit the situation?
I think too that a lot of farmers were getting to that time in their life when they needed to slow down or quit and there just wasn't enough money in the beef business to keep them working at it? I think that was the trend before BSE...it just accelerated it in a big way?
I don't have any solutions...in fact I doubt there really are any? I think this industry is fundamentally going through a massive change, which may be a good thing or not? I guess we'll know 20 years down the road?
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