Clarence, sorry for the "Grade School type arguments", but I feel SOMEONE needs to attempt to keep Sandhusker semi-honest! And I do fully realize it is probably futile, but his yammering is not going unchallenged nor allowed to stand as apparent "facts" while I can still type.
You do have good points in your post, Clarence, especially re. the "hormone free" beef.....though there is no such thing. US beef with naturally occuring hormones only is sold in Europe, I believe. And the use of the claim as an unfair trade barrier factor has been verified there.
Apparently, the whole "hormone issue" in beef is a bogus health claim being used as a tool to convince people they should not eat animals, totally ignoring the fact that it is used to put more lean muscle and less fat on cattle.
I believe the MAJORITY of people in SKorea ALREADY accept US beef as safe. Protests are rarely representative of a majority opinion. It is not necessary to stage protests to attempt to gain popularity for an already popular idea, is it? So far as getting the market for US beef BACK to where it was, it seems logical that it will EXCEDE what it was previously, given the fact that they do like beef, and have increased incomes in that part of the world. So far as when, that surely will depend on the success of attempted mob rule, for just one factor. It may take some time, but the 'honesty and science' effort re BSE led by NCBA for the US cattle/beef industry will prevail, IMO.
Sandhusker, what is it about my point re. change being good and necessary for a best shot at success at times, IN REPLY TO ranch hands and your own statements indicating suspicion about CHANGES at NCBA that make you equate THOSE changes to protests in S KOREA????
No "rose colored glasses" for this lady! Unlike a certain purported banker who spends time on ranchers.net during hours most bankers are hard at work, or dreaming of taking the cattle business BACKWARD to some fantasized better era.
What don't you understand about the fact that S KOREANS buying that beef when it was discounted, DUE TO BEING "BEST IS USED BY ____" DATE as clearly demonstrating that the protests ARE NOT about food safety????
It would not make any sense to buy "unsafe" food simply because it is at a discounted price if one believed it was really not safe to eat!
And please, Sandhusker, show us how it is "demanding consumers take our product on our terms and not theirs" to OFFER it for sale to those consumers who WANT TO BUY IT? Those S Koreans who do not want to buy it are under no obligation nor pressure to buy USA produced beef!
mrj