The international trade market is partly what's driving the NAIS plan. In 2003 our beef exports brought 7.5 billion dollar. This market crashed after the first cow with BSE was discovered in the U.S. (a cow that came originally from a Canadian herd);in 2005, beef exports were down to 1.22 billion dollar because some countries, like Japan, refused to take our beef. So packers and their trade associates (and many beef producers who hope that a better export market will strengthen the price they get for their animals) want something that will help restore and enhance the export market.
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