New Zealand's Livestock and Meat Industry and the U. S. Producer (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from New Zealand's Livestock and Meat Industry and the U. S. Producer U. S. Meat animal producers face direct competition in the domestic market from imports f New Zealand meat. They also face indirect competition from New Zealand's exports of live tock byproducts like tallow, hides, and variety meats to countries which are large markets for he substantial U. S. Exports of these items. New Zealand's meat production totals about billion pounds annually, of which about 00 million pounds is lamb and mutton and 500 million beef. Only about'40 percent of production 5 required for domestic use, although per capita consumption averages among the highest in he world. Traditionally, the United Kingdom has received the bulk of New Zealand's export ble surplus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.