Improving The Quality Of Raw Leather In The United States Also Needs To Cooperate With Farmers

< p > us a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/" target= "_blank" > leather < /a > the incoming chairman Stephen (Stephen Sothmann) said, < a href= "Sothmann" > tannery > < > should notice that the quality of raw leather in the United States is improving, though it is slow.

Stephen, currently vice chairman of the association, will take office next January, when John Reddington, the current chairman of the American Leather Association, is officially retired.

Before taking office, Stephen mentioned a series of factors that will help the American leather industry to improve the quality of raw materials in the future.

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P TGT is still keen on using raw leather from the United States, but some enterprises are beginning to worry about the decline in quality of raw materials this year.

"The quality of raw leather in the United States depends on many factors, some of which we can control, but some do not," explains Stephen. "Fortunately, at the end of 2013, some of the factors that we can not control are weakening, and next year we will try to work towards controllable factors."

However, he pointed out that tanneries could not see significant improvement in the quality of raw leather at the beginning of 2014.

On the contrary, he said that the improvement of quality will appear in the coming years.

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Since 2010, P has suffered from drought and drought in many parts of the United States, which has greatly reduced the quality of raw skins, but this is changing.

The country's main cattle raising areas are in the southern plains of Texas, Oklahoma and Nebraska, which have been more rainwater in 2013 than in the previous two years.

According to the data of < a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_q.asp > > Agriculture > /a", 80% counties in these areas suffered severe or extreme drought in 2012, Stephen pointed out.

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After P, a year later, the situation improved: the related data in 2013 was 16%.

"Such a huge improvement will benefit the cattle and beef industry in the United States, including the raw leather, of course.

At the same time, it can also promote the cultivation and reconstruction of cattle. "

The incoming chairman said.

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< p > because of drought this year, the cost of raising cattle is high.

Feed prices, especially corn prices, were also driven up by the US government's policies related to alcohol production.

"This has affected the quality of raw leather," Stephen continued. "Because cattle farms and farmers are facing high cost of raising costs, they must not reduce the management standards of pest management to protect their operating margins.

As the year 2013 is drawing to a close, we see that the price of corn in the United States has been ebbing away from the new high tide, which will slow down the pressure of the cattle producers and strengthen the management measures of pest management.

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Another important development of P 2014 is that the American Leather Association will continue its work: "education households, if they reduce or reduce pest control measures to save costs, will inevitably lead to a decline in the quality of raw leather, resulting in loss of value."

Stephen added: "the improvement of these factors will take several years to finally penetrate into the < a href=" //www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_s.asp > raw skin < /a >.

But it seems that we are moving in the right direction. "

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