PIERRE — After a drought-burdened season for South Dakota cattle producers, beef imports from Brazil are now receiving a second look. However, the South Dakota Stockgrower’s Association has called for Brazilian imports to be ceased temporarily. SDSGA executive director James Halverson says this orbits a small number of livestock illness cases…
B-S-E more commonly referred to as mad cow disease. Halverson, while optimistic, conceded he can’t know for certain the impact on cost to the consumer…
However, Halverson says the wheels are already turning at the national level…
Brazil is the second most prolific beef producing nation after the United States.
