I am sorry if I replied with information that may be at all misleading.
As a cow/calf producer I understand some of the concerns with the tagging system. It is important to keep in mind that the CCIA program is not being implemented because Canada is a country rampant with disease in our cowherd. Rather, it is an attempt to be a proactive preventative measure, that has a positive impact (or at least maintains) on our status as an exporter of beef.
The program is designed in a similar fashion to the bangs tags that producers are familiar with and helped us with eradicating Brucellosis and TB. While retntion of floppy tags may not be a good as the old bangs tags, the other side of the coin is that we now have the majority of the Canadian kill going through high speed packing plants that cannot read and record either Bangs tags or Brands at a rapid enough pace to keep up with production line speeds.
Whether a producer agrees or disagrees with the program, it is important to look across the entire beef production industry to assess the risks and potential benefits of the system. Each part of the industry is dependent of the others.
As a cow/calf producer I understand some of the concerns with the tagging system. It is important to keep in mind that the CCIA program is not being implemented because Canada is a country rampant with disease in our cowherd. Rather, it is an attempt to be a proactive preventative measure, that has a positive impact (or at least maintains) on our status as an exporter of beef.
The program is designed in a similar fashion to the bangs tags that producers are familiar with and helped us with eradicating Brucellosis and TB. While retntion of floppy tags may not be a good as the old bangs tags, the other side of the coin is that we now have the majority of the Canadian kill going through high speed packing plants that cannot read and record either Bangs tags or Brands at a rapid enough pace to keep up with production line speeds.
Whether a producer agrees or disagrees with the program, it is important to look across the entire beef production industry to assess the risks and potential benefits of the system. Each part of the industry is dependent of the others.
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