—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, November 11, 1972
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USDA Studies Alternative
Several alternative policies for
meat imports, ranging from
liberalized trade to zero imports,
are examined in a report issued
today by the U S Department of
Agriculture
Meat import quotas, which
allow importation of roughly 7 to
8 percent of domestic meat
production, have been challenged
as to whether they effectively
protect domestic livestock prices
while insuring adequate supplies
of lean meat In general, im
ported beef competes directly
only with manufacturing beef.
However, imported beef also has
an indirect price impact on
Prime and Choice beef and on
pork as well
The alternatives analyzed in
the report by the Economic
Research Service included
Zero imports and liberalized
trade, the extreme policies
analyzed, each lowered prices
received by producers Average
1978-80 choice steer prices were
projected to be $1 84 and $4.23
lower per hundredweight,
respectively, than a base
projected price under the import
policy in effect through 1970.
Under zero imports domestic fed
beef production increased
causing prices to fall somewhat.
With liberalized trade, beef cow
inventories declined as com
peting supplies of imported beef
lowered prices
A quarterly quota, somewhat
more restrictive than today’s
market share arrangement,
reduced imports, resulted in a
slightly larger domestic beef
industry in 1980, and lowered
steer prices due to inventory
build-ups
Using imports to maintain a
target supply of low grade beef
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Policies for Beef Imports
led to lower domestic steer and
hog prices and caused only a
slight increase in the size of the
domestic cattle industry.
Importing beef to minimize
cyclical price fluctuations led to
moderately larger herds of steers
and hogs, stable prices, and
rather erratic imports which
fluctuated with our own cattle
and hog cycles. However, ex
porting countries might not be
able to supply us beef because of
extreme variations in import
requirements
A copy of “Effects of Alter
native Beef Import Policies on
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Bake 45-60 minutes or until pears
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when he tried to pick the
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