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Published on: 1/12/1998
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WILLIAM R. BRENNAN, Vice President,
Iowa Lamb Corporation
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MS. KOEHUKE: In support of the petition, on behalf of the U.S. lamb meat industry, Lorne L. Moench, Jr., Thousand Peaks Ranches, Incorporated, and President, American Sheep Industry Association, Incorporated; William B. Salina, Salina Traders, Incorporated, Vice President, National Lamb Feeders Association; Harold Harper, Harper Livestock Corporation; Steven Stephen Raftopoulos, of Raftopoulos Ranches; Nina C. Baucus, of Seivman Ranch; William R. Brennan, Vice President, Iowa Lamb Corporation; Joseph Casper, Vice President, Chicago Lamb and Veal Company; Paul Rodgers, Director of Animal Health Product Safety and Technical Services, American Sheep Industry Association, Incorporated; Peter Orwick, Executive Director, American Sheep Industry Association, Incorporated; Richard Drake, Drake Livestock Company; Brad Hudgens and John Ascienzo, economic consultants of Georgetown Economic Services; and, from Collier, Shannon, Real and Scott, Paul C. Rosenthal, Michael R. Kirschaw and John M. Her
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Our next witness will be Bill Brennan, vice president of Iowa Lamb Corporation.Mr. Brennan.
MR. BRENNAN: Madame Chairman and members of the Commission, I am William R. Brennan, vice president of Iowa Lamb Corporation, a packing and processing plant dedicated to lamb meat.
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VICE CHAIRMAN MILLER: Mr. Brennan, you're in the same part of the business, aren't you, essentially?Are you coping with the same conditions in the time frame?MR.BRENNAN: Yes, we are.We're a packer and a processor in the Midwest, and we're faced with the same things.
VICE CHAIRMAN MILLER: So you were facing higher costs, but you weren't able to pass them on.Did you find you were ever able to pass them on?MR. BRENNAN: Yes.
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So the problem in this case is that the staff report collected U.S. producer data from the U.S. packers, Bill Brennan.They got his shipments of carcasses and made those the unit of measurement for U.S. production and U.S. shipments, the U.S. packers' shipments of carcasses.
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You've heard testimony by Mr. Casper and Mr. Brennan that they were able to pass on the grower and the feeder to the processor, pass on those increased prices, and the marketplace was accepting it.
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MR. KOPLAN: I have a question for Mr. Brennan and Mr. Casper.
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MR. KOPLAN: Mr. Brennan?
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MR. BRENNAN: Well, I'd agree that there's a period there in May and June when it gets to be shorter.
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