check off increase

[Bruce14]

Cowman: "Bring in diseases that do nothing for the cow/calf sector, bring in a ID system that the cow/calf sector pays for entirely?"

I agree with you on anaplas. and bluetongue but explain to me how the cow/calf sector pays for the ID system in its entirety.

[cowman]

Bruce: Lets see... I pay for the tag. I put it in. Everyone else benifits from the added safety factor. The feeder, the packer, the retailer, the consumer, the government! This isn't rocket science?

[Bruce14]

So cowman you think the entire cost of the ID system is the tag and the bit of time it takes to put it in?

That is being simplistic.

[cowman]

Enlighten me?

[grassfarmer]

As far as paying for the cattle ID system goes why shouldn't the producer pay the $3 or $5 or whatever. Lets face it if you can't afford that off a $6-$800 calf maybe you should be looking for another job. It's not a big cost as long as we are paying for the tag only. UK farmers have always paid for eartags and now it is being proposed that they should pay for the entire tracking system ie the passport system which will be a lot of money as it covers wages, offices and computers. Now THAT would be a bad deal and worth fighting!