AR-News: (US-ak)Mad cow fallout

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ANCHORAGE--Alaska's long-struggling dairy industry is facing a mad cow
dilemma: With the Canadian border closed to cattle imports and exports,
herds can't expand.

When Kyle Beus and his family bought a long-vacant dairy farm in Palmer in
2000, their plan was to gradually build up their herd over the first three
summers, topping out at around 350 to 400 cows by last summer. That's how
many Beus said he needs to make a profit.

He brought in about 150 head in 2001 and another 125 in 2002, all of them
from Canada.

Then, in early summer 2003 as Beus was about to bring in his cows for that
year, the United States banned all imports of Canadian cattle after a case
of mad cow disease was reported there. 

full story:
http://www.news-miner.com/Stories/0,1413,113~7244~1975919,00.html

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