1. Just why do you think  Wachovia Securities analyst Jonathan Feeney downgraded his rating on the stock to underperform, citing "deteriorating earnings visibility." could it be because he saw that Tyson is in trouble.

2. Rod why would they need to take money from the Chicken sector to subtain the beef sector if the Beef sector was making money on its own?

Do you really think Tyson would allow one sector to pull the other down if there was something they could do to stop it and make both sectors profitable?

3.  are you denying that the two multi national plants were slaughtering UTM beef for the majority of the border closure because of the segregated plant order. Yes for a short time Lakeside was processing some cull cattle but when R-CALF got the rules reinstated with their injunction they when back to UTM. which again limited cull cattle to the Canadian owned  XL plant. until recently.

4. Isn't it true that your are looking at the  Packer profits as the price the the retailer sells beef at minis the cost of the cattle.   Do you take into consideration the increase in the expenses that the packers are paying on processing that beef and the expense the lose of export markets has put on them ?   No you just look at the part the supports  you packer blaming agenda.

Now if you are offended by the packers taking advantage of the short term situation that was handed to them, when the tables turn and again it is the packers that are loosing money are you going to take part of you calf cheque and turn it over to them so they can pay their employees their pay increases and health beneifits so the packer doesn't loose money on processing your beef?