Aid is on the way

[cswilson]

If you don't have quality you gotta have age so I'm laughing .

[cowman]

Kato: Taking your scenario of the border opening in the spring of 2005, what would happen with your tagged calves? Simple...they would be shipped south to be finished! When that border cracks open it will be standing room only at the marts, as all the American feeders line up to buy them, and I doubt they'll much care what kind of tag is in their ear?
I suspect the border will open if Bush gets back in? If Kerry gets in I doubt we'll ever see it open? Bush is all for big business and lets make some money, while Kerry is??? Who knows?

[cakadu]

Whoa cowman. Leave us not forget it was Bush who signed into law the $180 Billion farm aid package. I would agree that we have a better chance of the border opening IF Bush gets back in, but it is certainly not a done deal.

Think about what happens before an election - if he were really interested in helping big business, then wouldn't he be opening the border to allow cattle across for better competition down there? Big business tends to make bigger campaign contributions.

I still say we need to look way beyond the U.S. border and sending the live cattle across. Most importantly the value the Canadian producer could capture goes across the border with those live cattle as well.

Time to start keeping the value at home.

[kato]

That brings up a question. What happens if cattle ARE slaughtered before their time? Is there a penalty?

[cowman]

Linda I think Bush is in survival mode right now and isn't really concerned with campaign contributions? I think he probably needs just about every vote he can get if he hopes to squeak back in...or maybe he could steal the presidency again?
Let's face it he's pretty vulnerable on a lot of things, or at least he should be! Iraq is turning out to be a disaster as the body bags mount up and the bills pour in! I guess he should have listened to old Chretien before he went off on his little "oil adventure"? Hmmm...maybe he should have also listened to what Chretien said after 9-11??...You can't treat people like dogs and not expect them to bite!
The USDA talks about how they have to do all this work on the "rules" so R-calf can't challenge them again? Do you find that strange? It takes how many months to figure this out? Maybe they can't get it down on paper because they lost their pens or something? I suspect once the election is over they will become a lot more efficient...well if Bush gets back in! America is going to need to trade and rev up their economy to pay the mortgage they call Iraq?

[ivbinconned]

Cowman you seem to think that if Bush wins it will be squeaker. Thats you prediction?

I will make mine. Bush will win by a much wider margin than last time!