Before all of these things can happen, there needs to be further work in market and product development and continued research and development, and a new infrastructure for primary processing must be put into place.

The parameters are set on the basis of a rate of return on capital which, right from the outset, is difficult to achieve in the agri-food industry, particularly in the primary production and primary processing sector, and even in the secondary processing sector.

Pursuant to that Decision, the composite products subjected to veterinary checks are all those containing processed meat products, those containing half or more of their substance of any one processed product of animal origin other than processed meat products and those containing no processed meat products and less than half of their substance of processed milk product where the final products do not meet certain requirements laid down in Decision 2007/275/EC.

In particular, the certification of compliance with public health requirements as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 should be provided for in this Regulation for the importation of the composite products containing processed meat products, of those composite products containing half or more of their substance of milk products or of processed fishery or egg products and of those composite products containing no processed meat products and less than half of their substance of processed milk products where the final products are not shelf-stable at ambient temperature or where they have not clearly undergone in their manufacture a co ...[+++]mplete cooking or heat treatment process throughout their substance, so that any raw product is not denatured.

All of the component parts of the Maple Leaf system—rendering, feed, hogs, and primary processing—will now be aligned to supply the inputs to our further added processing activities.

So the raw primary product coming from cane must be incredibly cheaper than what the sugar beets are themselves, considering the fact that you have two by-products coming out of this also.