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From the Western Livestock Reporter, Oct. 3, 2007;
Talks with Japan have run into a revolving door of resigning agricultural ministers, which has helped slow that process (opening markets for US beef). Meanwhile, some wonder if Japanese palates have become accusomed to evolving Australian grain-fed product and, consequently, how much of that market the U.Ss vacated in 2003 is still available to U.S. beef exporters.
"There's an element of truth in all that," Lambert said. "Only time and market conditions will tell how much permanent shift there has been."
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Ain't that just a flippin dandy? Could the USDA have screwed this up any better if they had tried? And to think a "cattlemen's org. " went along with this all the way - and is STILL going with it!

Talks with Japan have run into a revolving door of resigning agricultural ministers, which has helped slow that process (opening markets for US beef). Meanwhile, some wonder if Japanese palates have become accusomed to evolving Australian grain-fed product and, consequently, how much of that market the U.Ss vacated in 2003 is still available to U.S. beef exporters.
"There's an element of truth in all that," Lambert said. "Only time and market conditions will tell how much permanent shift there has been."
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Ain't that just a flippin dandy? Could the USDA have screwed this up any better if they had tried? And to think a "cattlemen's org. " went along with this all the way - and is STILL going with it!