Effects of BSE on the United States Beef Export Industry

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Effects of BSE on the United States Beef Export
Industry

• Mathew Sweezey
• Agribusiness
• Cate Ruka
• Environmental Econ

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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)

• Also known as Mad Cow Disease
• Can be passed to humans
• Caused numerous USDA restrictions
• Effects on the US economy?

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After Mad Cow Disease, key importing countries
put bans on the United States beef

• 59 countries have placed bans on US beef
• Bans include dairy and feed products
• Bans control the spread of disease
• Proteins that cause the disease cannot be killed
  with cooking or freezing

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US Beef Exports by Country
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Bans and regulations are adversely affecting US
exports

• Farmers incomes effected
• Profits from beef have decreased
• (exports and domestic)
• Countries using secondary suppliers

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Long Term Effects of Lost Exports
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Conclusion

• Decrease in prices
• Borders closed to US exports
• Cost of testing beef products
• Jobs lost because of spread
• Importance of following feed and slaughter laws

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