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<blockquote data-quote="Oldtimer" data-source="post: 507153" data-attributes="member: 97"><p>NAFTA pretty well is what opened up the beef trade with Canada...Allowed not only the trading of live cattle, but also beef....It was supposed to be so cattle could move freely both directions- but immediately after its implementation the Canadian cattle and sheep producers got restrictions put on US cattle going north- calling "ALL US CATTLE DISEASED"- because some US cattle ( in certain regions) had Anaplas and Blue Tongue- thereby limiting the US cattlemans ability to trade into Canada...Then many Canadian farmer/ranchers switched from grain production to cattle greatly enlarging the Canadian herd and dumping large numbers of slaughter cattle/beef into the US.... </p><p></p><p>Then the US owned multinational Packers (Tyson/Cargil) bought out many of the Canadian Packers-- bought up and built huge feedlots in Canada-thereby getting around the US Packers and Stockyards Act rules-- and used these cattle as a "captive supply" to manipulate cattle prices and markets... They found a loophole (and used their ties with USDA) in the USDA rules- which allowed them to label the Canadian beef with the USDA inspected stamp- and pass it off to US consumers or consumers around the world as US BEEF...(Hopefully this will soon be changed by Congress, and that beef/meat will have to be honestly labeled as to country of origin)</p><p></p><p>The US cattleman won a "dumping" suit against Canadian cattle- but no award as they couldn't prove the damage the Canadian cattle did to the US market...But then when Canada got BSE and the border closed- we saw the true negative effect those cattle have- when the Packers didn't have availability of those "captive supply" and all the Canadian cattle--- US cattle producers saw record high prices....</p><p></p><p>My fear now- that USDA has weakened our safeguards against BSE (mainly because of their corrupt ties to the Mulitnational Packers)- and allowed in higher risk cattle/beef from Canada, is that it could now spread more amongst the US herd- not only endangering US consumers- but also the long term viability of the US cattle industry...This latest BSE cow- and most of the 14 they've found- would have been eligible for import to the US under the USDA's current rule- and could have easily ended up in our food chain :shock: <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /> </p><p></p><p>Incidentally I see where 2 of the folks campaigning for President are saying they will repeal NAFTA if elected.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldtimer, post: 507153, member: 97"] NAFTA pretty well is what opened up the beef trade with Canada...Allowed not only the trading of live cattle, but also beef....It was supposed to be so cattle could move freely both directions- but immediately after its implementation the Canadian cattle and sheep producers got restrictions put on US cattle going north- calling "ALL US CATTLE DISEASED"- because some US cattle ( in certain regions) had Anaplas and Blue Tongue- thereby limiting the US cattlemans ability to trade into Canada...Then many Canadian farmer/ranchers switched from grain production to cattle greatly enlarging the Canadian herd and dumping large numbers of slaughter cattle/beef into the US.... Then the US owned multinational Packers (Tyson/Cargil) bought out many of the Canadian Packers-- bought up and built huge feedlots in Canada-thereby getting around the US Packers and Stockyards Act rules-- and used these cattle as a "captive supply" to manipulate cattle prices and markets... They found a loophole (and used their ties with USDA) in the USDA rules- which allowed them to label the Canadian beef with the USDA inspected stamp- and pass it off to US consumers or consumers around the world as US BEEF...(Hopefully this will soon be changed by Congress, and that beef/meat will have to be honestly labeled as to country of origin) The US cattleman won a "dumping" suit against Canadian cattle- but no award as they couldn't prove the damage the Canadian cattle did to the US market...But then when Canada got BSE and the border closed- we saw the true negative effect those cattle have- when the Packers didn't have availability of those "captive supply" and all the Canadian cattle--- US cattle producers saw record high prices.... My fear now- that USDA has weakened our safeguards against BSE (mainly because of their corrupt ties to the Mulitnational Packers)- and allowed in higher risk cattle/beef from Canada, is that it could now spread more amongst the US herd- not only endangering US consumers- but also the long term viability of the US cattle industry...This latest BSE cow- and most of the 14 they've found- would have been eligible for import to the US under the USDA's current rule- and could have easily ended up in our food chain :shock: :( :mad: Incidentally I see where 2 of the folks campaigning for President are saying they will repeal NAFTA if elected..... [/QUOTE]
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