Reply #12: We've been eating more than we grow since 1961 [View All]

[warrens]

Actually, it's a bit deceptive. We export a lot too. There's zero market here for cattle tongue, liver, intestine, etc., but overseas, they are highly prized and command pretty good prices. Beef tongue goes for about $8 a pound wholesale in Japan, about 50 cents here. Also, we and Canada are the only significant producers of grain fed cattle, which have the marbling and taste that we associate with good beef. We export a lot of it to Asian markets. Well, we USED to export a lot of it.