Category: Cattle Buisness

I haven't talked about the animal ID issue for a while but it doesn't mean it hasn't been on my mind, it just hasn't been in the spotlight for a while. I see in today's Gazette though the issue has <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/11/12/build/state/40-cattle-id.inc">come up</a> so I can't resist my 2 cents worth.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Marc Bridges, executive…

If the Japanese say <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/10/27/build/business/40-japan-beef.inc">US beef is not riskier</a>, why did they not open up their borders to US trade? This just shows it's a matter of politics and not food safety.<br />n<br />n<b>In politics, every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it. Donald Rumsfeld</b>

<a href="http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200510/200510200022.html">Korea Gives All Clear for U.S. Beef </a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The government has decided to lift a two-year-old ban on U.S. beef imports, a Foreign and Trade Ministry source said Thursday. Imports were suspended when <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> or mad cow disease broke out in the U.S. <br />n<br />n&#8220;It has been concluded that…

I'm totally baffled by <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2005/09/30/build/state/42-livestock-drought.inc">this complaint</a>. Isn't this normal government efficiency? I was eligible and applied for this disaster relief from last year and I am still waiting to see if it's going to get here. I wasn't going to start worrying about it for another year or so. That's how long it usually…

<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/09/25/build/state/50-montana-cattle.inc">Branding on way out as ID for Montana cattle</a><br />n<br />nBranding on the way out? Not a chance. Even when, yes I say when even though I don't like it, the whole Herd Identification System (HIS) is implemented branding will not go out. It is the easier more accurate way to identify your cattle…

Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns Really appears to be <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/09/21/build/business/45-japan-beef.inc">out of touch</a> with what the beef community, and the Senate, <a href="http://www.r-calfusa.com/092005-us.htm">really wants</a>. By the same token I'm not really sure tit-for-tat is the way to handle this. It affects American cattlemen much more than it affects Japanese producers.<br />n<br />n<b>An escalating, violent tit-for-tat may…

<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/09/18/build/business/45-ear-tags.inc">Researchers find ear tags accurate</a><br />n<br />nWho are these researchers trying to fool.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>They tracked cattle, with 90 percent accuracy, from a ranch in one state to a pasture in another state to a feedlot in a third.</blockquote><br />n<br />nNow I admit I have never been a fan of the whole Herd Identification…

It appears I might be sitting on a gold mine as a future energy producer.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0915/p14s02-stss.html">If you wonder what might power fuel cells for personal use, think cow manure.</a><br />n<br />nEnough power to charge AA batteries doesn't make the whole thing sound very promising though but who knows where it might lead. Now…

I saw recently that the United States Department of Agriculture (<acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym>) wanted to allow the <a href="http://www.agweb.com/get_article.asp?pageid=120143&src=gennews">importation of Japanese beef</a> in to the US. I thought this was laughable since they are a beef starved country and have very little beef…