It is just not that easy.  There are too many cattle that are always on the move, back and forth across both our north and south borders, not to mention the co-mingling of ground beef. 

For another reason, I am selfish.  I hate to give southern Okie number four cattle the same delightful designation as high quality Nebraska grain-fed Cherry County originated beef.   :wink:   Just joking, kinda, but you surely see my point.  I am all for your branded pasture-to-plate program.  You are definitely on to something good, and have built up a clientele willing to pay you a pretty premium for your value added program.  In your own case, you should be one of the last ones to even want a COOL program to go into effect.  You are sitting in the driver's seat by having the present confusion as it now exists.  Don't wish for something that you will later wish hadn't happened. :roll: