For starters you never change your phony blame game.  When you cannot win of facts you go to baseless accusations such as meetings behind closed doors.  Talk is cheap, from you it is totally worthless.  

Don't think you have a monopoly on supply/demand analysis.  As I have previously said I have forgotten more per that subject then you will ever know.  Tell all of us how you reached the conclusions you did without even knowing the level and trend in per capita consumption of beef?  Your lack of knowledge per that subject is but one glaring example of your ignorance of the many factors that influence prices.  It also exposes you and your phony arguments for what they are - purely a figment of your imagination.

You don't even know the price elasticity of beef let alone know whether it has changed over time and what conditions can lead to that change other than one of your price manipulation theories.  How did you determine the price elasticity or change without even knowing the primary "X" factor, per captia consumption?  Trapped again aren't you!!! You have not fooled anyone on this forum other than yourself.   Your blame game and false accusations get exposed on every post. 

Not all producers blame imports, most do not. Only people such as yourself who have no knowledge of the total impact of imports, both negative and positive chose to blame imports.  What else is new?