Studying the relationship of mad cow disease and its detrimental effect on U.S. beef exports & the corrisponding rise in demand for horsemeat for human consumption abroad, and also addressing the problematic issue of restoring world confidence in the safety of American Beef in hopes of off-setting the foreign demand for horses as a substitute for meat cows. Horses Dont Get Mad Cow Disease - at least, that is the popular belief.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Dead Cows, Gov't Reparation, and the Cost to US Taxpayers
Story Idea; I have read of at least one story where a cattle rancher had to euthanise his whole herd of over 6,000 cows due to bovine TB,of course, the USDA "repaired" the cattlemens losses at fair market value (approx $1,200 per cow) and of course that got me to wondering, just how much are the cattlemens sick & dead cows costing the taxpayers of America? The numbers would be staggering. Do I feel a FOIL request to the USDA coming on?
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