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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 42687"><p>Bez and Cattlerack-- I feel sympathy for you as individuals and Canadian ranchers as individuals-- but none for the Canadian cattle industry or the Canadian government that put you in the place you are. They put all your eggs into one basket, and when the basket broke they don't know what to do--for years the entire Canadian cattle industry has been built around and on the US and on the backs of the US rancher-- You talk about the hard times-- I've seen many US ranchers (several of them old friends) go broke because they can't sell their calves or cull cows for decent prices while we import more cattle and beef from Canada-- And at the same time the Canadian herd kept building. At a time when US cattle were restricted by the Canadian government from going north because they were considered diseased- Cattle that ran side by side with Canadian cattle with only a 4 wire fence between them-(if it hadn't washed out).</p><p></p><p>I read today where the packers predict the export market we had with Japan will not reopen now until next year--- A market that was just beginning to build when the dairy cow was found in Washington-- a cow that was traced back to Alberta (Canada) and according to CFIA had probably been fed contaminated feed that was produced at an Alberta feed mill. But since she was in the US, we again took the Canadian problem on our back-- we now have no export market- but we don't rely totally on an export market as we don't produce twice the beef we consume like Canada does- anything we export is gravy.</p><p></p><p>You can argue until you are blue in the face whether the border should be open- but I don't think you will see any major changes of border regs until after the election- then possibly a gradual reopening of imports over a time period to keep it from adversely effecting the US market- If any live cattle are allowed, they will be under 30 months and for slaughter only-- Nothing will be allowed into the US breeding herd-- No imports of old cattle until there are assurances that there are no more cattle alive that were born prior to the 1997 feed ban.</p><p></p><p>The USDA and our government can no longer jump with both feet and just open the border-- too million billions of borrowed dollars tied up in $1.40+ calves and $1200+ cows--Could bankrupt the industry and be a major disaster to the country--It will now be phased in over years-- and hopefully before then the Canadians will develop their own independent industry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 42687"] Bez and Cattlerack-- I feel sympathy for you as individuals and Canadian ranchers as individuals-- but none for the Canadian cattle industry or the Canadian government that put you in the place you are. They put all your eggs into one basket, and when the basket broke they don't know what to do--for years the entire Canadian cattle industry has been built around and on the US and on the backs of the US rancher-- You talk about the hard times-- I've seen many US ranchers (several of them old friends) go broke because they can't sell their calves or cull cows for decent prices while we import more cattle and beef from Canada-- And at the same time the Canadian herd kept building. At a time when US cattle were restricted by the Canadian government from going north because they were considered diseased- Cattle that ran side by side with Canadian cattle with only a 4 wire fence between them-(if it hadn't washed out). I read today where the packers predict the export market we had with Japan will not reopen now until next year--- A market that was just beginning to build when the dairy cow was found in Washington-- a cow that was traced back to Alberta (Canada) and according to CFIA had probably been fed contaminated feed that was produced at an Alberta feed mill. But since she was in the US, we again took the Canadian problem on our back-- we now have no export market- but we don't rely totally on an export market as we don't produce twice the beef we consume like Canada does- anything we export is gravy. You can argue until you are blue in the face whether the border should be open- but I don't think you will see any major changes of border regs until after the election- then possibly a gradual reopening of imports over a time period to keep it from adversely effecting the US market- If any live cattle are allowed, they will be under 30 months and for slaughter only-- Nothing will be allowed into the US breeding herd-- No imports of old cattle until there are assurances that there are no more cattle alive that were born prior to the 1997 feed ban. The USDA and our government can no longer jump with both feet and just open the border-- too million billions of borrowed dollars tied up in $1.40+ calves and $1200+ cows--Could bankrupt the industry and be a major disaster to the country--It will now be phased in over years-- and hopefully before then the Canadians will develop their own independent industry. [/QUOTE]
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