I read in Nature that the Washington State cow was not a 'downer' and showed
no external signs of sickness.
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>From: Ross Gould <srgould@shaw.ca>
>To: Black-Ink <black-ink@angus.mystery.com>
>Subject: [Graze-l] MeatingPlace - Daily News
>Date: Wed, Mar 3, 2004, 1:45 PM
>
>Good Morning List Friends,
>I am forwarding a link to the MeatingPlace internet newsletter of web
>publications for the red meat and poultry processing industries:
>http://www.Meatingplace.com/
>
>The website has a link to "daily news" of the industry:
>http://www.meatingplace.com/DailyNews/init.asp
>
>Access to the daily news requires a free, one time, registration which
>can be found at:
>http://www.meatingplace.com/membership/init.asp
>
>I am forwarding this information because today's news has an interesting
>story -"AMI fires Murphy in wake of BSE controversy". Apparently they
>fired Dan Murphy, vice president for public affairs, following a recent
>spate of "controversial statements in the media"
>
>Apparently the "controversial statements" included, to quote:
>"comments published in the Feb. 29 edition of the Seattle Times, in
>which Murphy said BSE has not had an adverse economic impact on the
>industry and in fact created "almost a windfall" of profits for some
>segments, citing Tyson Foods latest quarterly profits. Of the economic
>fallout due to BSE, Murphy said, "you've got to question how severe it
>is."
>
>"He also said it is unrealistic for consumers to expect a BSE-induced
>reduction in meat prices. "No supermarket
>operator is going to lower prices as long as the meat case is getting
>cleaned out every week," Murphy said.
>"They'll say, 'Hey baby, these price points aren't changing one bit.'">
>
>These comments are similar to many currently circlating here in Alberta
>- where the impacts on the feedlot and cow/calf sectors are horrendous;
>but packers don't seem to have suffered much, to put it mildly.
>
>The MeatingPlace website also has an email service which sends
>subscribers a daily alert to their news articles. They provide an
>interesting insight to the meat industry in the U.S..
>
>Thought many of you might be interested.
>
>Regards
>Ross Gould, P.Ag. (Retired)
>Calgary, Alberta
>
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