Thoughts From The Middle of Nowhere

Category: BSE

  • Canada Cattle Update

    <blockquote>R-Calf Cattle Update: Second Lawsuit Filed Against <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym><br />n<br />n (Billings, Mont.) &acirc;

  • Media

    According to <a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42308" target="_new">Barbara Simpson</a> nobody is talking about the whole <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym>-border opening with Canada thing. I guess I should be more specific, Major news outlets aren't talking about it. I would have to agree. I have been seeing a lot of discussion on the issue in out of the way…

  • Compliance

    So it turns out that a cow born with Canada's latest <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> victim was sent to <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000082&sid=a9DS8ujaytSY&refer=canada" target="_new">slaughter in the US</a> a few years ago. Is this a surprise? Not to me. Did it have <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym>? Hard to tell but I doubt it. Hey, I have to think…

  • Reactions

    Just a sampling of reactions from the decision to import Canadian cattle after the new case of <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> was discovered there.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Bill Bullard, chief executive officer of R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America, said <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> is "dangerously premature"…

  • Math

    <blockquote>A 10-year-old dairy cow from Alberta has tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, as mad cow disease is formally known, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The results confirmed preliminary tests released earlier this week.</blockquote><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Authorities said cow was born in Alberta in 1996, prior to the introduction of the 1997 feed ban.…

  • BSE

    I just mentioned last night the news reported that the border is going to open with Canada. Now what happens? Canada reports another case of <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/12/30/mad-cow-border041230.html" target="_new"><acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym></a>. They are very quick to point out that it is in a 10 year old dairy cow which means it would not be able…

  • Border Opening

    We all knew it was going to happen and the time is coming soon. The <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2004/12/29/build/nation/37-us-canada-madcow.inc" target="_new">border is going to reopen</a> to allow Canadian cattle to come into the US. You might remember I discussed that Canada still has problems with their <a href="http://www.nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/index.php?p=652" target="_new">feed production</a> and could still be feeding animal parts to…

  • Meatpackers

    You have heard me complain more than once the big meatpackers control the cattle orginazations and many Senators and <acronym title="Congressmen">CongressCritters</acronym>. I knew, but never talked about yet, that they also had thier way with the <acronym title=" U.S. Agriculture Department"><acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym></acronym>,…

  • Feed

    The US is considering starting to let cattle come into the US again from Canada again but a news story I read this morning makes me wonder about it.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000082&sid=aq2uLkuds.ss&refer=canada" target="_blank">Cattle Feed Contaminated With Animal Parts, Canadian Paper Says</a><br />n<br />nFeeding practices are the main way <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> is contracted and…

  • Yeahhhh!!

    <a title="Tests Show No Mad Cow, Cattle Prices Rise " href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20041123/bs_nm/madcow_usa_dc" target="_blank">Tests Show No Mad Cow, Cattle Prices Rise</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>John Clifford, deputy administrator for <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym>'s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, said on Tuesday that federal scientists conducted two final…