Thoughts From The Middle of Nowhere

Category: usda

  • False Information

    <a href="http://www.meatnews.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Article&artNum=11085">AUSTRALIANS ANGERED OVER IDENTIFICATION RULES</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Australian beef producers have hit out at the imposition of a mandatory livestock identification system, which they say erodes the sector

  • Bigger Picture

    <a href="http://www.r-calfusa.com/News%20Releases/020706-oig.htm">OIG Report Solidifies Position of U.S. Cattle Industry; <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> Continues to Ignore Its Own Science</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>BILLINGS, MONT. (February 7, 2006) The U.S. Department of Agriculture (<acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat…

  • Australia Animal ID Broken

    <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/rural/content/2005/s1529007.htm">Livestock ID system not working, says agent</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The largest cattle agent at the biggest saleyards in Australia says the National Livestock Identification System equipment is not up to scratch and needs to be replaced.<br />n<br />nIt has been five months since Queensland's Roma saleyards spent $300,000 upgrading their facilities to cope with the…

  • Blowing Smoke

    So what is my favorite organization to hate, the United States Department of Agriculture (<acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym>), up to now. First they say they are <a href="http://www.farmandranchguide.com/articles/2006/01/30/ag_news/updates/update01.txt">abandoning the private database concept of National Animal Identification System (<acronym title="National Animal Identification System">NAIS</acronym>)</a> when talking…

  • Mexico Resumes Imports

    <a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=27F2FC25-9C2A-A90C-ECE774A789BC1FDE">Mexico lifts ban on U.S. bone-in beef</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>In a statement released late Wednesday afternoon, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that Mexico will resume imports of U.S. bone-in beef from cattle less than 30 months of age. However, no official timetable for the resumption of trade has been made available.<br />n<br />nAg Secretary…

  • Private Database and NAIS

    <a href="http://www.farmandranchguide.com/articles/2006/01/30/ag_news/updates/update01.txt"><acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> abandons private database concept for <acronym title="National Animal Identification System">NAIS</acronym></a><br />n<br />n<blockquote><acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym>, after hearing strong opposition from the industry, has abandoned its earlier decision to…

  • Another Thought on the USDA

    One of the whole reasons behind the push for the National Animal Identification System (<acronym title="National Animal Identification System">NAIS</acronym>) by the <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> is animal diseases such as bird flu. Yesterday <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/1508-<acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for…

  • USDA at it Again

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/28/build/nation/75-china-poultry.inc"><acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> proposes poultry imports from China</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The Agriculture Department is seeking to allow shipments of poultry processed in China, where thousands of birds and several people have died of bird flu.<br />n<br />nCritics are urging the department to drop…

  • Stooges

    I see <a href="http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2006/01/27/news/local/news025.txt">somebody agrees with my position</a> that the <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> and the big meat packers are in bed together.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>On another issue affecting Montana, Schweitzer lashed out again at the U.S. Department of Agriculture over the most recent mad…

  • Even Worse

    <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000082&sid=aQUCamQPqs5A&refer=canada">Canada Has 4th Case of Mad-Cow Disease Since 2003</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Canada said a 6-year-old cow in Alberta tested positive for mad-cow disease, the fourth domestic case since May 2003.<br />n<br />nThe infected animal didn't enter the food chain, Brian Evans, chief veterinary officer for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, said today during a conference…