United States-Drop in By Product prices.

UNITED STATES.

BY PRODUCTS.

By products from meat plants were always known as the Fifth Quarter, the money for the guts, fat and bones as well as the skin would go a long way to paying all production costs and at times leave a profit.

Sine BSE and the restrictions, on the use of meat and bone-meal, there has been a large shortfall to processors in this cash flow.

The values are now again weaker, because of the lower prices on the market.

Tallow is now being used for bio fuels and while you cannot feed meat and bone meal to cattle, there is no restrictions on feeding it to poultry and pigs.

Soft red offal prices, such as liver, tripe, heart, tails and kidneys are more in demand now with good prices, as shoppers are looking for cheaper meats.

Hides and skins, are also making very bad money again since the global economic crisis