Expanded Access for U.S. Cattle and Beef Products

[WoolyBear]

I personally don't think that we should open the border to cattle from regions where there is anaplasmosis and or blue tongue. BSE is not a disease that could cause long term economical health problems in our sheep and cattle (and other ruminants). The costs of control and eradication of these disease from our otherwise healthy herds would make the cost to date of BSE look like chump change.

This isn't a wise concession to open the borders............ I say keep it close,and keep it out.

[cowman]

Well I don't think they ever said they were going to throw it wide open? I believe it is just from states they thought were basically pretty safe?
They had this restricted access thing in place already anyway and although it was supposed to be real tight, it actually wasn't once they got up here? I saw a pen of heifers sell at Innisfail that came in under the restricted program...bred angus heifers! Now I don't know if they were tested up here but they definitely still had the special eartags in! That would have been about three years ago.