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R-CALF wants NAFTA updates to level the playing field
Jun 15, 2017, 12:00 PM
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The leader of a cattle producers group says NAFTA has put U.S. producers at a disadvantage in the marketplace and cheaper imports from Canada and Mexico only benefit meat packers.
“The Canadian cattle in 2016, the fed cattle, were about $60 a head cheaper than U.S. cattle. The Mexican feeder cattle in 2016 were about $70 a head cheaper. We have to level the playing field with that price disparity.”
R-CALF CEO Bill Bullard says since NAFTA was finalized in the early ‘90s, the U.S.
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