Hong Kong opens up to Canadian beef.

[per]

Grassfarmer, I have had a good experience with Canada Gold. Sold about half of my steers in Mid January through the local Market. They brought a premium compared to similar non CG calves.

[rkaiser]

Sawbones - "Canada Gold is a good idea Randy but until they have a packing plant solution with fixed costs for at least 2 years, they are no different than the rest of us."

Mac Creech tells us to lay in the weeds and wait in his bull sale ads this year. Well some of us may be in the weeds, but we aren't lying around, including that cagey critter Mac.

There are things happening that need to stay in the weeds for now but just keep thinking about that half full glass Kato. Good intentions followed by dedication always make for good endings.

Don't give up on the producer plant thing Sawbones, or anyone else. You are right --- it is the last piece to this puzzle we are all trying to solve.

All I can say is thank God for the little plant in Lacombe where we are custom harvesting and moving ahead with our little program. The plant is the final piece all right -- Canada Gold or Canadian Celtic or Canadian Legacy Partners or grassfarmers direct marketing program.

Never say die.

[Kathy]

Canada Gold looked like a good idea, until they bought into the ALMS and the new Animal Health Act and regs.

I just can't believe that there are so many landowners and producers that ACCEPT our government taking control of their land and what can and can't be grown on it, and WHO will get to do this.

All this legislation has done is made it easy as pie for the CFIA to close "premises" to production of food. Your animals don't have to be sick to be destroyed.

The vets and the pharmaceuticals will be beneficiaries of the new order; globalization at the expense of national soverienty and individual rights.

Why the hell did any of us bother buying the land, when we can work as government employees? What value does the land hold? What happens now to our equity?