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There has been a nation wide program for around 18 months. USDA will pay a vet $100.00 to pull a brain sample on any suspects that die on your farm and pay you a $100.00 disposal fee for the cow. Since you are gonna have to dispose of the carcass anyway we go ahead and get the $100.00. They...

Over the last year and half we have had 5 cows tested that died for various reasons. All came back neg. Just read today USDA is planning to phase out this onfafm testing but hope they change mind. I think it is good PR to continue tis testing. Johnny

Oldtimer. I never said that integration was the future of the cattle business. The cattle business is too capital intensive for one company to own it all the way from cow calf to harvest. But there must be more cooperation from top to bottom if we are to remain a viable industry in th US...

Oldtimer,I just happen to be in the poultry business. I have 8 broiler houses with a one time capacity of 200,000 chicks. The business has been good to me. It pays for my land , house and trucks. It supplies all my fertilizer so I can stay in the cattle business. As far as cost it won't cost me...

Tumbleweed. I don't have pretty cows to take pictures of. I have 300 working commercieal cows spread over about 600 acres. Most are on small parcels of rented land that all fall under the same premise id. If i move them from place to place they are still on same premise. I have been out West and...

Oldtimer, I know there are a lot of questions, but we have to start somewhere. Just doing nothing but studying the issue is getting us nowhere fast. The beef industry cannot keep operating under such a convoluted system. There is only so much money in a fed steer. Every time it goes thru another...

I don't understand why so many people are against ID. I got my farm ID 4 months ago. I am selling this years calf crop preconditioned and source and age verified. I am recieving a premium for my calves and is not costing me anything. This year buyer is putting in EID tag but next year am...