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Import/Export Requirements

PureCountry

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Good day all,
Just wondering if any of you know what the export requirements are for us to send cattle into Montana and/or Wyoming, and what the import requirements are there? From what I've been told thus far, we have to do a TB and Brucellosis test here, and some folks seem to think that the cattle need to be Bangs vaccinated upon arriving at a quarantine station in Montana. We can't vaccinate for Bangs in Canada anymore, according to our vets, and haven't for 2 or 3 years. There seems to be some discrepancies so though about the age of cattle. Something like they have to be Bangs vaccinated prior to 12 months of age before entering Wyoming.

I plan to phone the CFIA and Federal Vet tomorrow, but I trust the sources on here farther than them. :wink:
 
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Anonymous

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Purecountry-Heres a site with the rules:
http://liv.mt.gov/liv/ah/import/cattle.asp
but since the rules seem like they are ever changing- the best bet for Montana is to call....

Department of Livestock
Animal Health Division
PO Box 202001
Helena, MT 59620-2001

Phone: 1-406-444-2043
FAX: 406-444-1929

State Veterinarian
Dr. Martin Zaluski

Assistant State Veterinarian
Dr. Jeanne M. Rankin
 

PureCountry

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Thanks OT. After reading through some of that, I'm glad I made the coffee strong this afternoon. :lol: I found the Wyoming reg's also, and they're just about as stimulating. It's basically this: TB and Brucellosis free, lots of permits from our vets and the state vets, or you can't send them. There's some details to be worked out, and hopefully my vet will unveil the mysteries of those with the WY state vet over the phone tomorrow.

Thanks again.
 

Trinity man

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http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/animals/cattle_import.shtml

Here is a web-site though the USDA-APHIS that can also tell you what paper work you have to have.

Here is a little bit.

The Official Health Certificate must state:

that the animals were born, raised, and continuously resident in a country recognized by USDA as free of FMD, BSE, and rinderpest;
that during the past 12 months there was no evidence of exposure to diseases of concern specific to the exporting country. The protocol will list specific diseases for certification purposes;
that the premises has been designated free of TB for 2 years immediately prior to export;
that there were no clinical cases of Johne's disease during the last 5 years; and
that the animals have been individually identified with unique tamper-proof identification.
Before leaving the country of origin the following conditions must be met:

The animals must have been maintained in a tick-free status for a minimum of 60 days prior to export. Within 10 days prior to export the animals must be treated for ticks with a approved pesticide. The pesticide used, concentrations, and dates applied must be on the health certificate;
The animals must be isolated from vectors known to carry diseases of concern specific to the exporting country; and
The animals must be free of communicable disease or exposure to communicable disease for 60 days prior to export.
Testing Requirements

The animals must be tested twice during the 60 days prior to export with negative results to:

Brucella abortus;
Tuberculosis; and
Specific diseases of concern endemic to the region of export that will be listed in the protocol.
The animals will be tested again for these diseases while in quarantine in the United States. Animals that test positive will be refused entry; animals considered exposed will undergo further evaluation as needed to determine eligiblity for entry.

How to Contact Us

For additional information about importing cattle into the United States, please contact us at:

USDA, APHIS, VS
National Center for Import and Export
4700 River Road, Unit 39
Riverdale, MD 20737
301-734-8364 Telephone
301-734-6402 Fax
 

cowwrangler

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they might even have to be branded,i was at a cow sale which had some canadian hefiers and they were branded CAN on the sides,i am not sure but these were branded
 

Trinity man

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cowwrangler said:
they might even have to be branded,i was at a cow sale which had some canadian hefiers and they were branded CAN on the sides,i am not sure but these were branded

Yes they do I forgot about that. Here in Texas all Mexico cattle have to be banded with and M. I seen some Mexico steers sale once in Amarillo Texas that had a M of them a few years ago.
 

Northern Rancher

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You'll find there are the rules,the printed rules and then however protectionist the particular U.S government official decides to be the day you deal with him. I used to fax all my paperwork ahead and get it checked out before I headed out with the originals. Be ONTIME for your vet appt. the clock starts running and if your late you pay overtime. The last time I took bulls south even though they were from a TB free province and had a negative TB test they were wanting a 60 day quarantine on them down there. Everything might be different by now. Don't heifers need to be calfhood vaccinated before ten months? You'd be best to deal with a vet whose sending cattle pretty regular so he'll know the current protocol. The last bulls I sent were on test out in Albetrta but I brought them back home to do the export stuff-I forget what vet clinic in Alberta my friend was dealing with but they didn't have much of a clue.
 

Faster horses

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Trinity, when we got those cattle we really had to take good care of them for quite awhile. And we knew they were athletes so we fed them well, always. We knew an old PRCA team and calf roper and he leased a
big barn in the Bitterroot Valley. He really knew how to make cattle
last, and it wasn't starving them.

Interesting that one steer had some red marks on his horns. When we started feeding him he got sick immediately. He was so light weight, that Mr. FH and the vet picked him up and carried him into the warm room in the barn. They gave him mineral oil, but he didn't survive. They cut him open and in his stomach they found baling twine, rubber strips made from inner tubes that ropers wrap their saddle horns with, gunny sacks, etc.. Poor little bugger was eating anything he could find and when he got some
good feed, he just got plugged up.

I always knew I wouldn't want to be a roping steer, now I'd say I wouldn't
want to be a cow. This weather is nasty and unneccesary and I wouldn't want to be a cow outside in it.
 

Trinity man

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Faster horses said:
Trinity, when we got those cattle we really had to take good care of them for quite awhile. And we knew they were athletes so we fed them well, always. We knew an old PRCA team and calf roper and he leased a
big barn in the Bitterroot Valley. He really knew how to make cattle
last, and it wasn't starving them.

Interesting that one steer had some red marks on his horns. When we started feeding him he got sick immediately. He was so light weight, that Mr. FH and the vet picked him up and carried him into the warm room in the barn. They gave him mineral oil, but he didn't survive. They cut him open and in his stomach they found baling twine, rubber strips made from inner tubes that ropers wrap their saddle horns with, gunny sacks, etc.. Poor little bugger was eating anything he could find and when he got some
good feed, he just got plugged up.

I always knew I wouldn't want to be a roping steer, now I'd say I wouldn't
want to be a cow. This weather is nasty and unneccesary and I wouldn't want to be a cow outside in it.

We got two Longhorns on the ranch my dad got. He always saids a ranch is not a ranch unless they have a Longhorn on it. We have never had any corriente cattle, but I always thought of them like corrientes.

About the hardware disease that one had we had some cows die from the plastic hay twine. I always try to get it all off, but sometimes it just get in the hay you just can't find it all. I wish they would just have the netwrape or grass twine.
 

Soapweed

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A local friend bought a 1998 model year Ford/New Holland tractor from a farmer in Alberta over the internet, which cost $35,000. My friend said similar tractors here in the USA were bringing about $50,000. He hired a trucker to haul the tractor to South Dakota for $1200. The authorities at the border wouldn't let the tractor into the USA because it didn't have a proper EPA inspection sticker on it. The trucker was stranded for three days over a week-end, which cost an additional $150 per day. This was over two weeks ago, and the tractor has still not been released to cross into our country. A special agent may be able to pull the right strings for another $500. Anyway, the whole transaction has become a bureaucratic boondoggle that is completely unnecessary. Why is the tractor quarantined? Can it give other tractors a fatal disease? What a waste of everyone's time and money.
 

Trinity man

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Soapweed said:
A local friend bought a 1998 model year Ford/New Holland tractor from a farmer in Alberta over the internet, which cost $35,000. My friend said similar tractors here in the USA were bringing about $50,000. He hired a trucker to haul the tractor to South Dakota for $1200. The authorities at the border wouldn't let the tractor into the USA because it didn't have a proper EPA inspection sticker on it. The trucker was stranded for three days over a week-end, which cost an additional $150 per day. This was over two weeks ago, and the tractor has still not been released to cross into our country. A special agent may be able to pull the right strings for another $500. Anyway, the whole transaction has become a bureaucratic boondoggle that is completely unnecessary. Why is the tractor quarantined? Can it give other tractors a fatal disease? What a waste of everyone's time and money.

Maybe it has Mad Tractor disease. :lol:
 

Denny

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Trinity man said:
Soapweed said:
A local friend bought a 1998 model year Ford/New Holland tractor from a farmer in Alberta over the internet, which cost $35,000. My friend said similar tractors here in the USA were bringing about $50,000. He hired a trucker to haul the tractor to South Dakota for $1200. The authorities at the border wouldn't let the tractor into the USA because it didn't have a proper EPA inspection sticker on it. The trucker was stranded for three days over a week-end, which cost an additional $150 per day. This was over two weeks ago, and the tractor has still not been released to cross into our country. A special agent may be able to pull the right strings for another $500. Anyway, the whole transaction has become a bureaucratic boondoggle that is completely unnecessary. Why is the tractor quarantined? Can it give other tractors a fatal disease? What a waste of everyone's time and money.

Maybe it has Mad Tractor disease. :lol:

Belarus tractor's won't pass the EPA regulation's so the dealer here started getting them thru Canada as used but they caught on to that and shut it down also. To get them EPA legal he said they would cost as much as a John Deere so why bother. I'd have brought it across in northern Mn you just call from there and tell them your here or going..Of course it's all dirt road where I'm thinking. :wink:
 

Trinity man

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Denny said:
Trinity man said:
Soapweed said:
A local friend bought a 1998 model year Ford/New Holland tractor from a farmer in Alberta over the internet, which cost $35,000. My friend said similar tractors here in the USA were bringing about $50,000. He hired a trucker to haul the tractor to South Dakota for $1200. The authorities at the border wouldn't let the tractor into the USA because it didn't have a proper EPA inspection sticker on it. The trucker was stranded for three days over a week-end, which cost an additional $150 per day. This was over two weeks ago, and the tractor has still not been released to cross into our country. A special agent may be able to pull the right strings for another $500. Anyway, the whole transaction has become a bureaucratic boondoggle that is completely unnecessary. Why is the tractor quarantined? Can it give other tractors a fatal disease? What a waste of everyone's time and money.

Maybe it has Mad Tractor disease. :lol:

Belarus tractor's won't pass the EPA regulation's so the dealer here started getting them thru Canada as used but they caught on to that and shut it down also. To get them EPA legal he said they would cost as much as a John Deere so why bother. I'd have brought it across in northern Mn you just call from there and tell them your here or going..Of course it's all dirt road where I'm thinking. :wink:

Sounds like some good old bootlegging going on. :lol: :wink:
 

Aaron

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Denny said:
Trinity man said:
Soapweed said:
A local friend bought a 1998 model year Ford/New Holland tractor from a farmer in Alberta over the internet, which cost $35,000. My friend said similar tractors here in the USA were bringing about $50,000. He hired a trucker to haul the tractor to South Dakota for $1200. The authorities at the border wouldn't let the tractor into the USA because it didn't have a proper EPA inspection sticker on it. The trucker was stranded for three days over a week-end, which cost an additional $150 per day. This was over two weeks ago, and the tractor has still not been released to cross into our country. A special agent may be able to pull the right strings for another $500. Anyway, the whole transaction has become a bureaucratic boondoggle that is completely unnecessary. Why is the tractor quarantined? Can it give other tractors a fatal disease? What a waste of everyone's time and money.

Maybe it has Mad Tractor disease. :lol:

Belarus tractor's won't pass the EPA regulation's so the dealer here started getting them thru Canada as used but they caught on to that and shut it down also. To get them EPA legal he said they would cost as much as a John Deere so why bother. I'd have brought it across in northern Mn you just call from there and tell them your here or going..Of course it's all dirt road where I'm thinking. :wink:


And pray it doesn't go through the ice? :lol: [/b]
 

burnt

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Soapweed said:
. . . . A special agent may be able to pull the right strings for another $500. Anyway, the whole transaction has become a bureaucratic boondoggle that is completely unnecessary. . . . .

I thought that only happened at the border into Mexico . . .
 
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