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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (450)	5/18/2007 8:50:58 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 4152

Ah.. here's that link to some of the the articles I was looking for.. heartland.org i-r-squared.blogspot.com Mad cow disease is thought to spread via the common American practice of feeding rendered animal parts back to animals. Appel assumed that the United States, like most modern nations, would ban the practice, creating more demand for his machinery to process leftover animal parts. In 1997 the government did ban feeding beef parts to beef cattle, but turkey and chicken cannibalism are still legal. "We thought we would get $24 a ton for taking the waste," says Appel. "Instead, we are paying $30 a ton." That alone raises his production costs about $22 a barrel. discovermagazine.com But in Europe, things might look much brighter for CWT, where the practice of recycling animal renderings into feedstock is prohibited.. Hawk