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<blockquote data-quote="Alberta farmer" data-source="post: 622739" data-attributes="member: 8978"><p>Good luck with that freedom thing! I think the market(whether domestic or export) is moving to a place where food safety is going to dominate? When the Canadian government first started with the idea of mandatory ID they gave the cattle organizations a choice: either you do it or we will impose it on you!</p><p>Now maybe we aren't a "free people" or something, but after a bit of grumbling we all went ahead and did it. I still maintain it wasn't fair because the cow/calf producer got to pay all the expense and do all the labor while everyone else got all the benifits! </p><p>I do think though it is evolving into a better system as time goes by. Not sure what the Canadian federal budget holds in store for us but hopefully it will lead to producer owned packing companys capable of selling into the EU and the Asian markets. Information is being leaked there is $50 million to help enhance the packing industry? If the provinces step up to the plate it could mean a few producer owned plants? Isn't Manitoba converting the Maple Leaf hog plant to a beef plant? Ranchers Beef near Calgary is a high tech plant(EU compatible) that is supposed to be for sale?</p><p>The program "Canada Gold" is a value chain where the producer can own the animal right up to the sale of the carcass. I hear the problem was Tyson and Cargill were not willing to participate? The Alberta Ag minister was pretty much behind Canada Gold and the age verification thing was put in to ensure acceptability by the Asian/EU markets? They also have a program for hormone free beef which would qualify for EU exports? Producer owned plants could definitely accomodate hormone free or all natural?</p><p>In my opinion this is the way to go? If the USA keeps throwing up barriers to our beef why not take away their lucrative export markets with a product that has traceback,quality,and safety built in?</p><p>I guess the ultimate advantage of a producer owned value chain might be the ability to test for BSE for those countries that require it? I hope this gets done before Canadian cow numbers shrink so badly we can only supply the domestic market.</p><p>The numbers for the Canadian cowherd stated above are incorrect. According to Canfax the cow herd stood at 4.6 million head as of July 1,2008. New figures will come out in February and the general prediction is below 4 million. Domestic consumption requires 3.2 million. I would suspect the cow herd numbers will be quite a bit below 4 million...just by the numbers seen selling this fall? Just my opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alberta farmer, post: 622739, member: 8978"] Good luck with that freedom thing! I think the market(whether domestic or export) is moving to a place where food safety is going to dominate? When the Canadian government first started with the idea of mandatory ID they gave the cattle organizations a choice: either you do it or we will impose it on you! Now maybe we aren't a "free people" or something, but after a bit of grumbling we all went ahead and did it. I still maintain it wasn't fair because the cow/calf producer got to pay all the expense and do all the labor while everyone else got all the benifits! I do think though it is evolving into a better system as time goes by. Not sure what the Canadian federal budget holds in store for us but hopefully it will lead to producer owned packing companys capable of selling into the EU and the Asian markets. Information is being leaked there is $50 million to help enhance the packing industry? If the provinces step up to the plate it could mean a few producer owned plants? Isn't Manitoba converting the Maple Leaf hog plant to a beef plant? Ranchers Beef near Calgary is a high tech plant(EU compatible) that is supposed to be for sale? The program "Canada Gold" is a value chain where the producer can own the animal right up to the sale of the carcass. I hear the problem was Tyson and Cargill were not willing to participate? The Alberta Ag minister was pretty much behind Canada Gold and the age verification thing was put in to ensure acceptability by the Asian/EU markets? They also have a program for hormone free beef which would qualify for EU exports? Producer owned plants could definitely accomodate hormone free or all natural? In my opinion this is the way to go? If the USA keeps throwing up barriers to our beef why not take away their lucrative export markets with a product that has traceback,quality,and safety built in? I guess the ultimate advantage of a producer owned value chain might be the ability to test for BSE for those countries that require it? I hope this gets done before Canadian cow numbers shrink so badly we can only supply the domestic market. The numbers for the Canadian cowherd stated above are incorrect. According to Canfax the cow herd stood at 4.6 million head as of July 1,2008. New figures will come out in February and the general prediction is below 4 million. Domestic consumption requires 3.2 million. I would suspect the cow herd numbers will be quite a bit below 4 million...just by the numbers seen selling this fall? Just my opinion. [/QUOTE]
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