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The NFU nailed it whether we like it or not. Nothing will change up here though. Our provincial and federal government don't care if we go broke, so we have to live with that fact? Personally I don't care if the cattle business goes broke up here. If it doesn't pay why do it? Quit. XL and...

Anyone seen this documentary? Pretty scary stuff. I thought that old boy who was raising grass cattle, hogs, poultry made a lot of sense when he talked about how a cow wasn't meant to eat corn, chicken manure, other cows or dead chickens! I suspect his hogs, cattle and chickens are pretty tasty?

Oldtimer: Looking at your fat prices I doubt the figures are much different. I'm not sure about retail prices in the USA today but a few years ago they were slightly higher than what central Alberta super market prices were...I doubt that has changed? I don't go down to Great Falls anymore...the...

MCOOL has hurt the industry up here without a doubt, but it was going to pot anyway. It sure has let our own little "multi-national packer" XL operate like the big boys JBS, Cargill, Tyson! I don't think it is all that rosy in the USA either from what I read about prices in the USA? When the cow...

Well like I said I guess the WTO will decide and I guess America and Canada will probably have to live with that decision? Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I think if the US loses and won't go along with the decision, the WTO can impose tariffs on USA products entering Canada? My question about...

Apparently Canada finally filed a challenge with the WTO over the COOL law on Oct 7th? I don't know if this is a good thing or not...suspect it has a lot more to do with the Liberal party hammering the Conservatives over their "do nothing" attitude towards Canadian agriculture. I doubt it will...

Further to this subject: The "Western Producer" came out yesterday and reported XL mailed out an offer to workers over the summer...not to the union. The union decided to wait until they were recalled to vote as they didn't know how many workers would be returning....apparently about one third...

Fred: I don't think XL is trying to bust the union as their other two plants are unionized and I don't think those plants have a problem. I think we have to wait and find out just what the offer was? XL closed the plant down for the summer saying there were insufficient numbers of cows...

I don't know the particulars of the XL offer but would assume it would be the same offer that XL Lakeside and XL Calgary have? I think if that was the case the workers need to give their head a shake! I don't think jobs are so plentiful in western Canada right now that anyone can just walk...

When the imported Salers cow tested positive for BSE in 1993 all the known UK imports were slaughtered. However how many had entered the food chain before 1993? The cattle slaughtered in 1993 were rendered....and entered the food chain! Did any of that product make it into the USA? I suspect it...

I suspect the Canadian government will delay,delay,delay! They will not be able to shirk their responsibility forever. I believe the feds have lost their final appeal to get Mr. Pallettes class action suit dismissed? I believe both parties are now required to put up the evidence they have to...

If our problem arose from cattle imported from Europe and specifically from the UK we all should realize what happened in the 70s and 80s? Canada relaxed the importation rules way earlier than the US. If you could import an animal it was like winning the lottery because once she was in Canada...

I'm no vegetarian or anything but sometimes I wonder if this "factory" food is all that good for us? It seems to me just about all the meat in North America is produced in a pretty unatural way? That goes for beef, hogs, poultry...and even fish! We shouldn't exclude the veggies or fruit, either...

Thank you Terry for that info. You obviously are right up on this stuff. Oldtimer: I wonder what you think about what I asked on imports? Should Canada be allowing in beef that doesn't meet the safety requirements Canada demands from its own domestic producers? USDA regularily inspects Canadian...

I often wonder if Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Argentina, etc. test for BSE? Did their governments ever allow cattle from the UK to be imported? Do they allow their producers to feed packing house waste to cattle? Canada imports a fair amount of beef from these countries. Are their safety...

I suspect some will get very rich on cap and trade but I doubt it will be the dumb old farmer? And when you think about it how smart is cap and trade? Does it really do anything to reduce pollution? I understand your way of thinking Oldtimer. You will get a "subsidy from heaven" for doing things...

ddg: Without a doubt I never put in much of a "risk factor"! The picture I painted was a fairly rosy average outlook! In my area this year we are experiencing a very tough drought. The price of hay/feed will probably more than double. My winter feed costs were based on $60/ton hay....prices on...

Heres how I see it: When we consider expenses and income, we hope to make something at the end of the day. My figures are fairly accurate for my area....yours might be a lot different. The cost of a bred cow is about $1000. The $1000 dollar investment carries a 5% interest charge every year she...

The other day I was in a super market buying some stuff and I took a stroll by the meat case. Top sirloin steak was over $13/kilo(about $6/lb.). Hamburger was $3.75/lb. I got talking to this old fella and he said he thought cattle prices were coming down so how come beef is going up? I told him...

We have international trade laws for a reason? The USA has no problem using these trade laws to advance their own position. I realize Bullard has to make some noise for the boys down on the farm. It might be interesting to see how it goes though. I suspect by the end of this year Canada will...