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Canadians: Who cares about R-CALF suit
by Pete Hisey on 5/17/2005 for Meatingplace.com
With slaughter capacity approaching the 100,000 per week total that Canada needs to keep up with its cattle industry, and overseas markets starting to accept Canadian beef, Canada cattle ranchers are breathing a modified sigh of relief. The industry has lost nearly $7 billion since the United States closed its border to live cattle two years ago, but the worst appears to be over. "If we can get our slaughter capacity up to just shy of 100,000 per week, we can handle the numbers," said Stan Eby, president of the Canadian Cattleman's Association, told CanWest Interactive. In the first week of May, Canada slaughtered 88,000 cattle, and with expanded capacity about to come online at a Tyson plant in Alberta and new plants due to open this fall, capacity should reach 110,000 a week by November.
Additionally, Canada is optimistic that the new rules for exported beef being developed by Japan and South Korea in negotiations with the United States also will favor Canadian products, particularly since it beefed up its animal identification program by allowing producers to add date-of-birth to identification reports. Canadian economists estimate that Canada will export some $800 million worth of beef products to Asia by 2010, quadruple its total in the last full year of exports, 2002. The Asian market is highly coveted because of its taste for products like tongue, which has limited retail value in North America.
by Pete Hisey on 5/17/2005 for Meatingplace.com
With slaughter capacity approaching the 100,000 per week total that Canada needs to keep up with its cattle industry, and overseas markets starting to accept Canadian beef, Canada cattle ranchers are breathing a modified sigh of relief. The industry has lost nearly $7 billion since the United States closed its border to live cattle two years ago, but the worst appears to be over. "If we can get our slaughter capacity up to just shy of 100,000 per week, we can handle the numbers," said Stan Eby, president of the Canadian Cattleman's Association, told CanWest Interactive. In the first week of May, Canada slaughtered 88,000 cattle, and with expanded capacity about to come online at a Tyson plant in Alberta and new plants due to open this fall, capacity should reach 110,000 a week by November.
Additionally, Canada is optimistic that the new rules for exported beef being developed by Japan and South Korea in negotiations with the United States also will favor Canadian products, particularly since it beefed up its animal identification program by allowing producers to add date-of-birth to identification reports. Canadian economists estimate that Canada will export some $800 million worth of beef products to Asia by 2010, quadruple its total in the last full year of exports, 2002. The Asian market is highly coveted because of its taste for products like tongue, which has limited retail value in North America.
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