Thoughts From The Middle of Nowhere

Category: threats

  • Big Stick

    <a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=E9F8510B-A169-AD8F-9896FE5EC9135590" >Nelson threatens trade war with South Korea over beef</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson (D) threatened to introduce legislation that would impose sanctions on South Korea if that nation doesn’t end its more than three-year-long ban on U.S. beef. Nelson introduced similar legislation aimed at Japan while that nation's market remained closed to…

  • Not Mandatory, Yet

    <a href="http://www.farmfutures.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=CD26BEDECA4A4946A1283CC7786AEB5A&nm=News&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=2B5B435BBE6A4B9AA6848821D72B364F"><acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> Outlines Plan, Benchmarks for National Animal ID Implementation</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A new proposal from <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> outlines timelines and benchmarks for the establishment of the National Animal…