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<blockquote data-quote="cbcr" data-source="post: 1628762" data-attributes="member: 16303"><p>I know we need COOL. The purpose of it is so that people can truly know where their meat and such are from and produced.</p><p></p><p>The only part that someone needs to figure out is what to do about our trading partners, Canada and Mexico. There are cattle that are born here in the US but are fed there and then brought back to the US for harvest. And yes, they also have cattle that were born and fed in their country but harvested in the US. Are we going to penalized our trading partners?</p><p></p><p>The biggest problem that we have to stop is the importation of beef from Brazil and other countries where they do not have the processing standards or quality of meat that is available here.</p><p></p><p>It seems that since this pandemic has came about and what we as beef and dairy producers have been saying for years is now beginning to open up the eyes of some in congress and especially the American consumer. With limited availability of processing and competition (only 4 major beef processing companies that control over 80% plus of the market) is wrong.</p><p></p><p>We need more localized USDA approved processing facilities and be able to as producers be able to sell more direct to consumers, grocery stores and restaurants (for those that have survived).</p><p></p><p>We have had a program that addresses this very problem and situation for a few years now. We have visited with grocery stores and others that are ready for it. We will have to do it in-house at the present time, but it is a program that will work and be an added-value program.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cbcr, post: 1628762, member: 16303"] I know we need COOL. The purpose of it is so that people can truly know where their meat and such are from and produced. The only part that someone needs to figure out is what to do about our trading partners, Canada and Mexico. There are cattle that are born here in the US but are fed there and then brought back to the US for harvest. And yes, they also have cattle that were born and fed in their country but harvested in the US. Are we going to penalized our trading partners? The biggest problem that we have to stop is the importation of beef from Brazil and other countries where they do not have the processing standards or quality of meat that is available here. It seems that since this pandemic has came about and what we as beef and dairy producers have been saying for years is now beginning to open up the eyes of some in congress and especially the American consumer. With limited availability of processing and competition (only 4 major beef processing companies that control over 80% plus of the market) is wrong. We need more localized USDA approved processing facilities and be able to as producers be able to sell more direct to consumers, grocery stores and restaurants (for those that have survived). We have had a program that addresses this very problem and situation for a few years now. We have visited with grocery stores and others that are ready for it. We will have to do it in-house at the present time, but it is a program that will work and be an added-value program. [/QUOTE]
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