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USDA is quietly trying to allow in increased meat imports from Argentina, despite Argentina’s wide spread foot-and-mouth disease problem


MCA AND USCA TO HOLD TOWN HALL PRODUCER MEETINGS



Source: Montana Cattlemen’s Association (MCA)

Feb. 12, 2008



Billings, Mont., ~ The Montana Cattlemen’s Association (MCA) and the United States Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) have scheduled two Town Hall meetings in north central Montana. The first meeting will be held at the Community Center in Whitlash on Wednesday, February 20th. A chili dinner will be served at 2:00 p.m. (the cost of the dinner is $8.00, and the proceeds will benefit the Whitlash Ladies Club and the Whitlash Community Center).



MCA President Brett DeBruycker and District 6 Director Bruce Lee will join the USCA Governmental Relations Director Jess Peterson to discuss the issues affecting cattle producers on the state and national levels. Cattle industry activist, Leo McDonnell has been invited to make some remarks on the state of the cattle industry.



The second town hall meeting is scheduled at the Lobby Café (405 S. Main) in Conrad on Thursday, February 21st. A no host lunch is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. which will be followed by a similar MCA/USCA informational meeting.



“These town hall meetings are an excellent opportunity for us to visit with producers out in the country. Montana Cattlemen’s has always prided itself as a grassroots organization—looking to our members for our direction. It is important that we have these meetings so we can listen to producers from across the state,” said MCA President Brett DeBruycker.



In January, MCA members voted to formally affiliate with the USCA. This is the first opportunity the two groups have had to work with producers in Montana.



“I am excited to head back to Montana to visit with folks out in the country,” noted Jess Peterson, USCA Governmental Relations Director. “There has been some very important legislation—namely the Farm Bill which kept me hopping over the past few months. Plus USDA is quietly trying to allow in increased meat imports from Argentina, despite Argentina’s wide spread foot-and-mouth disease problem. I am pleased that USCA and MCA are the two associations leading the charge in preventing this rule from being implemented. Work on the Farm Bill and USDA’s proposed rule with Argentina is far from over, and I look forward to informing fellow Montanans about these issues, and the importance of getting involved to make a difference!”



For more information about the Montana Cattlemen’s Association, or to RSVP for one of the Town Hall meetings, please call 406-259-5433, e-mail [email protected], or visit the website at www.montanacattlemen.org.



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QUESTION

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Hey OT where is r-calf i thought they ran montana :oops: Or are they too buzy keeping count of the hoard invading from the great white north :p :lol: :p
 

Sandhusker

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QUESTION said:
Hey OT where is r-calf i thought they ran montana :oops: Or are they too buzy keeping count of the hoard invading from the great white north :p :lol: :p


And yet again, Q, you show your ignorance of what R-CALF wants, has said, is doing, etc... Do us all a favor and do a little research. I remember R-CALF bringing this up over a year ago.
 

PORKER

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Talk about imported food;

http://www.ehponline.org/members/2008/10912/10912.pdf).
This study builds on two earlier experiments, also involving school age children and OP exposures. The new study, like the first two, found an immediate and dramatic reduction in OP urinary metabolites of the OP insecticides chlorpyrifos and malathion. The children's urine was tested prior to the switch to a predominantly organic diet, then during five days on the organic diet, and then for five days after the switch back to a conventional diet.

Unlike earlier studies, urinary metabolite levels were tested in all four seasons, leading to a significant new finding. There appears to be a distinct peak in OP exposures during the winter months as a result of the consumption of imported fresh fruits and vegetables. Data collected by the USDA shows clearly that imported produce during the winter months has, on average, much higher levels of chlorpyrifos than domestically grown produce sold during the summer and fall.
 

QUESTION

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SH just wondering why r-calf isn't mentioned? The USCA is executive is former r-calfer's who are being sued by r-calf. And R-CALF founder Leo is speaking at meetings. :oops: It kinda looks like a USCA membership drive , and MCA appears to have signed on. Go USCA and put the death nail in r-calf's coffin. Is r-calf going to get protesters outside these meetings :
 

Sandhusker

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QUESTION said:
SH just wondering why r-calf isn't mentioned? The USCA is executive is former r-calfer's who are being sued by r-calf. And R-CALF founder Leo is speaking at meetings. :oops: It kinda looks like a USCA membership drive , and MCA appears to have signed on. Go USCA and put the death nail in r-calf's coffin. Is r-calf going to get protesters outside these meetings :

If I had a nickel for every time I've heard that R-CALF is dead, dying, etc... :roll:
 

QUESTION

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SH get real, USCA in the heart of R-CALF country having grassroots meetings with cattlemen and MCA members. :roll: They are not on a membership drive. Yeah dream on buddy :lol:
 

PORKER

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So ,how many of you buy fruit and vegetables during the winter months?

Fact is Data collected by the USDA shows clearly that imported produce during the winter months has, on average, much higher levels of chlorpyrifos 5X more than domestically grown produce sold during the summer and fall.

ONE GOOD REASON For the COOL LAW! Good reason for not buying beef where F&M resides.
 

Hanta Yo

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A chili dinner will be served at 2:00 p.m. (the cost of the dinner is $8.00, and the proceeds will benefit the Whitlash Ladies Club and the Whitlash Community Center).

Are you sure the proceeds goes to the ladies club and not MCA or USCA? I've heard that North Central Montana held a fundraiser for their Stockgrowers assn a number of years ago, only to find out the proceeds were really going to R-CALF!!!!!!!!!!!! Not only that, those who donated automatically became a member of R-Calf and MCA :mad:
 
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