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[dluther]

I'M surprised no one has said anything to say about the Americans reaction on COOL, or are we just TIRED AND TAKE IT? Again RITZ talks big but no action or am I missing something .

[littledoggie]

MCool benefits the big packers IMHO. One more step to getting rid of the small to mid sized packer in the US.

[wlc]

Looks like a serious threat
to Can. cattle prices .

[ALLFARMER]

Wlc i would respectfully disagree. If packers
passed additional costs onto producers their
supply would soon contract further.

[rkaiser]

one comment needed. do it yourself or join someone who is doing it themselves.

[rkaiser]

Why did this stop?

The other choice is to keep contributing to the multinational problem. Feeding and raising cattle for the conventional system only feeds the problem. Better off not raising cattle at all and allowing Cargill and JBS to do what they will do if you give up because of lack of profit. Leave and get their supply somewhere else. Will they care --- hell no. Have they made enough money to allow High River to simply close its doors...Hell ya. Will JBS try for a bit longer and continue to fight you tooth and nail for your cattle until they have made enough to leave. Shit ya.

There is no long term - sustainable CANADIAN plan from either one of these two, and never will be.

Do it yourselves boys - or work with one of the many groups that are trying. And don't worry to much --- I don't plant to get rich and leave you behind....LMAO this is home for me.

[dluther]

I agree with you. I used to fatten cattle and loved doing it and shipping a load of fats but it got hard to make a buck with barely prices and when we lost the plant at MOOSE JAW the trucking cost a lot. I have heard that a plant maybe starting up in the southeast I may do it again.

[smcgrath76]

There has been an interest that has
bought the plant at Wolsely. I don't
think at this point that their plan
really includes you and me. I am not
sure additional capacity helps at the
moment, as it is really the structure of
that capacity that hurts at ground
level. I can't see the revised COOL
regulations hurting foreign processors
as they will just drop to offering price
here to be consistent with lower US
bids. It should actually boost their
margins if anything. Will probably
knock cull cows back some.
We do need some Canadian capacity, but
we more importantly need to get serious
about tackling specific markets, rather
than just killing enough to fill markets
by the law of averages.

[ag-boy]

yes COOL MAY WORK IT IS NOT FOR PACKERS ALONE
IT IS SIMPLE A DIFF WORD ,same WE NEVER LIKE MADE IN JAPAN OR CAME FROM CHINA OR U-S-A
CATTLE BUSINESS HAS BEEN GOOD OVER THE YEARS LIKE ANY FARMING STAY WITH IT.
randy what happend to your plant so we could sell there if Cargill is not high offering us today.

[rkaiser]

Still working on it ag boy. Only thing --- it won't be taking them chem cattle of Happy Trails. He will have to stick with Cargill... LOL

[Happytrails]

FYI RK.

Just because I call you for flaming commodity beef doesn't mean my cattle are full of hormones and antibiotics.

Actually I haven't put an implant in my cattle for about 15 years. At the moment I have 700 yearlings on grass of which none have ever had an implant and 99.7% have NEVER had an antibiotic. My dilemma is that the commodity market always offers more for my naturally raised yearlings than anyone else. I sell to the high bidder. HT