Category: Cattle Buisness
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Represent
<a href="http://www.farmandranchguide.com/articles/2007/11/08/ag_news/letters_and_editorial/letter14.txt">Who does <acronym title="National Cattlemans Beef Association, shills for the big meat packers">NCBA</acronym> represent – U.S. cattlemen or packers?</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>What should an independent cattle producer believe about the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (<acronym title="National Cattlemans Beef Association, shills for the big meat packers">NCBA</acronym>)?<br />n<br />nI recently received a letter from the <acronym title="National…
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No Split State
I see the Board of Livestock has decided <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/11/07/news/state/19-panelists.txt">against split state status</a> for Brucellosis here in Montana. The Governor decided to let the ranching community decide and they let their feelings be known to the Board of Livestock yesterday.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>After hours of rancorous debate punctuated by yelling and boos from the audience, the…
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Priorities
<a href="http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2007/10/30/local_news_updates/19local_10-30-07.txt">Tainted meat traced to Canada</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A now-closed Canadian beef company was the source of contaminated meat that sickened 45 people in eight states, U.S. Department of Agriculture officials say.<br />n<br />nOne of those states was Wyoming. A recall pulled the meat from shelves in Cheyenne in late September and early October.<br />n<br />nA…
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Livestock Title
<a href="http://www.theprairiestar.com/articles/2007/10/29/headlines/midwest_producer/news/regional_news/regional43.txt">I see</a> that there is now a Livestock Title in the Senate version of the Farm bill which has moved out of Committee. Some of the things in it are:<br />n<br />n<blockquote> — Banning packer ownership of livestock more than 14 days before slaughter;<br />n<br />n — Creation of an Office of Special Counsel…
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Split State Concern
<a href="http://www.theprairiestar.com/articles/2007/10/26/ag_news/local_and_regional_news/local10.txt">Ranchers voice concerns over proposed split-state status</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Montana cattlemen have a choice to make – to pursue a split-state status in the case of another brucellosis outbreak around the Yellow-stone National Park – or not.<br />n<br />n“The governor is leaving it up to the cattle industry,” said Jan French, Board of Livestock member…
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Product Of
You might know that I've found the whole idea of Canadian Cattle producers getting upset over American <acronym title="Country of Origin Labeling">COOL</acronym> as funny. Mostly because it doesn't seem right for them to be upset over internal American Policy. Now I have another reason to think their behavior is funny. Canada has it's own <acronym…
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Still Talking
The US and South Korea are still talking about beef.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gliEd1Bi_qB68ysYSDK2b_vze2ygD8S6SPM80">South Korea, US Open Beef Trade Talks</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>South Korea and the United States opened beef trade talks Thursday on Washington's demand for greater access to the Asian nation, which is maintaining stringent quarantine regulations citing concerns over mad cow disease.<br />n<br />nThe…
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Strong Statement
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/10/04/news/state/39-beef.txt">It appears</a> that the Bush Administration is taking to heart the noise from Congress about no Free Trade Agreement with South Korea until beef trade is normalized.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., said Wednesday that U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab has assured him that the Bush administration will not push a free-trade agreement with…
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Meltdown
The Australian cattle industry <a href="http://www.kticam.com/news/agricultural/efc2dd23-29b8-4d38-8ebe-20378233c818">appears to be in meltdown</a> because of drought and grain prices down under.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Record high grain prices have thrown Australia's A$4 billion ($3.5 billion) beef cattle industry into disarray, emptying feedlots, cutting cattle saleyard prices and triggering price rises for domestic and exported beef. <br />nThe world's biggest beef…
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Surge
For all the trouble I hear about getting beef into the South Korean market, it appears US beef <a href="http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2007/09/123_10824.html">has increased 10 times</a> in the last couple of months so progress is being made. Then check this out.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>With the country set to discuss new standards for the beef imports with the United States…