Exactly what was won here and at what cost? The borders aren't closing and trade won't be restricted. USDA will go back to its rulemaking with the same result. In the meantime, we're getting great cull cow prices and not many cull cows are coming into the U.S. from Canada, despite Bullard's dire predictions months ago about the bottom of the cull cow market falling out. Leo McDonnell knew what the outcome would be with this appeal and he advised accordingly so that producer's hard-earned dollars weren't spent on a non-event in the courts. They threw him out for it and turns out he was right.
What's the price tag associated with this ruling? Does anyone know how many producer dollars were spent to get it? What were Miller and Frye paid? My best guess is tens of thousands in retainers and rewards. We'll have to guess at that since financial statements aren't forthcoming.
Meanwhile, we're gut shooting our Canadian friends over BSE when here in the US we had our own BSE cow that was untraceable. Her progeny are still floating around out there somewhere. And our feed ban leaves a whole hell of a lot to be desired. This is one time when the US and Canada SHOULD be viewing the industry as North American.
What's the price tag associated with this ruling? Does anyone know how many producer dollars were spent to get it? What were Miller and Frye paid? My best guess is tens of thousands in retainers and rewards. We'll have to guess at that since financial statements aren't forthcoming.
Meanwhile, we're gut shooting our Canadian friends over BSE when here in the US we had our own BSE cow that was untraceable. Her progeny are still floating around out there somewhere. And our feed ban leaves a whole hell of a lot to be desired. This is one time when the US and Canada SHOULD be viewing the industry as North American.