Category: usda
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Quick Hits
Things I should have posted about but haven't.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/02/05/news/state/38-brucellosis.txt">Brucellosis is almost wiped out in the US</a> with the declaration that Texas is now Brucellosis Free. Of course there still is the problem of Brucellosis in Bison and elk in the Greater Yellowstone Area, but that is not cattle. I still think it can…
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Argentine Beef
<a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i6xzlH1hMRduz7Tf9n6W14_lkqRAD8TTHUO00">Argentine Farmers Give Up Beef Business</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Argentines are passionate about their beef — from cattle grazed on the sprawling pampas grasslands, it's a national staple, delivered inexpensively and received with religious fervor at Sunday barbecues nationwide.<br />n<br />nBut while Argentines are some of the world's top meat-eaters, consuming nearly 154 pounds per capita…
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Rules
I didn't comment on the <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym>'s OTM rule yesterday allowing older Canadian Cattle to be imported into the US. It's one of those situations that I have mixed feelings about.<br />n<br />nThe people opposed to the OTM rule say that they…
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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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Border Ruling
I know I am a little behind on this one but life sometimes gets in the way of things. The <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> <a href="http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?contentidonly=true&contentid=2007/09/0247.xml">has approved</a> the import of Canadian cattle over 30 months of age into the US. This is, to say…
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The Government Frowns on BSE Testing
You might, or might not, remember when a Federal Judge ruled that <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/plugin/tag/creekstone+farms+premium+beef">Creekstone Farms Premium Beef could test the cattle they slaughter for <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym></a> at the end of March. The Judge also stayed his ruling to give the Government the chance to appeal his verdict.<br />n<br />nNo surprise, the <a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=DEB0317E-AD16-A481-450588E69AFE2A63"><acronym…
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Where Does The Problem Begin
We have all heard about the <a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUKN0326662720070506?pageNumber=1">pet food recalls and contaminated wheat gluten from China</a> that has caused it. The story has continued since some of this contaminated gluten has been fed to hogs and chickens and now raises questions about these animals. <br />n<br />nThe hogs and chickens that have all ready made…
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Running Scared
Can you guess who is running scared from <acronym title="Country of Origin Labeling">COOL</acronym>? The big Meat packers, <acronym title="National Cattlemans Beef Association, shills for the big meat packers">NCBA</acronym>, good guess but wrong. <br />n<br />n<blockquote>And industry officials say they're ready to put up a fight.</blockquote><br />n<br />nWow, they are really going to fight this. Who…
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New BSE Case, No Bull
It seems like Canada has a <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-02-07-mad-cow-canada_x.htm">new case</a> of <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> cropping up. This time it is in a bull of an uncertain age, they think 5 to 7 years, and are starting to try and figure out where it got the infected feed. The report indicates that the animal never entered…
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NAIS Feasibility
A little review to start with. What is the purpose of <acronym title="National Animal Identification System">NAIS</acronym> and how is it going to be accomplished and who is the lead agency in it's implementation?<br />n<br />n<acronym title="National Animal Identification System">NAIS</acronym> is a program by the <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by…