Gotta Have Hope

I found this article very interesting from my standpoint. The specter of BSE in the U.S. is something that scares cattle producers to no end. What I find interesting is the statement “if we ever have something here.” Maybe I am more pessimistic then they are but I feel that it is not a matter of if, it is a matter of when a cow is found to have BSE in the U.S. With all the testing procedures they have in place to insure the safety of the meat supply they will trip across a case sooner or later. The situation as it has turned out in Canada I guess needs to be seen as hope that we will be able to recover from this situation if and when it ever happens.

Nothing is as simple as we hope it will be. Jim Horning