rkaiser said:
A bud of mine got a load of Hereford bulls past you down into Wyoming yesterday. Said the fellow at Billings was actually scared to deal with him and sent him on down to Wyoming. Something about terrorists slashing his tires or something nasty like that. Good old America.
Almost wish I had an order for a trailer load of my bulls. I'd take em myself along with a bat behind the seat. Kinda boring fighting with the ABP/CCA boys these days - in fact they ain't even fighting since we have the government inviting us to dinner a couple times a week. :wink:
kaiser your so called bud is a liar,more than likely the real reason he bypassed Montana is.......................
National & World Ag News Headlines
Border Opens to Older Canadian Cattle
USAgNet - 11/21/2007
American borders opened this week to Canadian cattle older than 30 months, but the
Montana Department of Livestock is requiring a special permit to bring older breeding stock into this state. According to officials, live cattle from Canada born after March 1, 1999 can be now imported. The USDA also notes that the change is firmly based in science and ensures that U.S. regulators will protect the country against the disease.
But critics counter that the federal government has failed to fully investigate the potential impact to U.S. ranchers and their export markets. R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America asked a U.S. District Court judge in South Dakota for a temporary restraining order to stop the rule change. The organization is also suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture over the matter.
"Right now, the request for the restraining order is in the judge's hands, and we are just waiting to hear something," said Shae Dodson, R-CALF's communications director.
The United States banned meat and cattle imports from Canada after a cow there tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy. The ban was lifted for boxed beef and then later for live cattle 30 months old or younger.
Meanwhile, the Montana Farmers Union said that it "strongly opposes" the weakening of import regulations. And the Montana Department of Livestock's order is only for cattle that will end up in the state. Through August this year, 113 live cattle from Canada have been imported into Montana.
Canadian cattlemen are unlikely to immediately begin shipping more cattle south of the border, for a number of reasons, said John Masswohl, director of government and international relations for the Canadian Cattlemen's Association.
Canada now slaughters most of its own cattle, since processors in the United States that had relied heavily on Canadian cattle imports before 2003 closed.
PS On the bat deal.............get you an aluminum one ......no splinters to pick outa your ash :wink:
good luck
