Tam, my honest opinion;   I don't think there is been enough information presented in a STRAIGHT MANNER to make that call today.     What needs to be done before that decision can be made is for the USDA to back up and start again - this time instead of trying to ram-rod and sneak changes in policy, they need to stay the course with the HEALTH POLICY they established years ago and justify why it needs to be changed now.   If they can explain why it is beneficial for us to amend a policy that has been a good one, then we can move on to the details of how to handle cattle - not just Canadian but everybody in the same risk class as Canada.

My biggest complaint with this whole deal is that the USDA is tampering with a health policy for economic reasons - and that is unacceptable.

I know this isn't the type of answer you were looking for, but I honestly think things need to go thru the progressions, and jumping to how to handle Canadian cattle before it has been shown WHY we should is premature.

I don't know about up there, but is is an absolutley perfect day here.  If we weren't short-handed today, I would go on an "inspection".