The United States Defense Logistics Agency is making advance
purchases of $100 million worth of meat to ease drought pressure on farmers.
There is no word of anything similar in Canada, but, then again, we don't have a leadership convention and federal election underway.
News about the Defense Agency purchasing is in addition to $170 million worth of government
purchases, also to relieve drought pressures.
The defense agency last year bought 95 million pounds of
beef, 68 million pounds of pork, 500,000 of lamb, 55 million of chicken and two
million pounds of catfish.
The purchases will not change menus, said Tom Daley, deputy
director.
Storing the frozen meat and catfish will cost about $3 million.
