http://brownfieldagnews.com/2009/11/17/good-news-bad-news-for-u-s-meat-exports/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:17:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://brownfieldagnews.com/2009/11/17/good-news-bad-news-for-u-s-meat-exports/comment-page-1/#comment-2481 Greg Mantz Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:57:00 +0000 http://brownfieldagnews.com/?p=12744#comment-2481 The middle class has been the basis of beef consumption and when you have the middle class disappearing around the world, beef consumption will be hurt. The current global free trade system where manufacturers are free to go wherever the wages are lowest is bad for beef producers, by the time the worker income in a country goes up to where they can afford beef the factories move some place where the labor is even cheaper. The middle class has been the basis of beef consumption and when you have the middle class disappearing around the world, beef consumption will be hurt. The current global free trade system where manufacturers are free to go wherever the wages are lowest is bad for beef producers, by the time the worker income in a country goes up to where they can afford beef the factories move some place where the labor is even cheaper.

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