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CCA Report: North American producers stand firm on COOL

From the September 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Dave Solverson September 23, 2015

The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) held a busy and productive semi-annual meeting in Winnipeg, Man. in August. Much of the discussion and debate around the board table focused on addressing factors that may be preventing some producers from expanding their herds to take advantage of current market opportunities. While drought and extreme dry conditions remain […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

NAFTA countries debate COOL harm at WTO

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff September 17, 2015

Canada and Mexico have made their case before a World Trade Organization arbitration panel on how much tariff revenge they’re allowed to impose on U.S. goods over country-of-origin labelling (COOL). The WTO “has ruled four times that the U.S.’s COOL rules are discriminatory,” Canadian Pork Council chairman Rick Bergmann said in a council release Wednesday […] Read more

Beef Cattle, CCA reports

CCA Report: Drought concerns and trade talks

From the August 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Dave Solverson August 21, 2015

It’s been a busy summer for the Canadian Cattlemen Association (CCA), with plenty of activity on a number of ongoing files. CCA officials were in Charlottetown, P.E.I., for the annual July meeting of the federal, provincial and territorial ministers of agriculture, where workforce issues, social licence and the extreme dry conditions in pockets of Alberta […] Read more

Uncertainties and potential worries loom large as the 2015 calf crop's fall run begins.

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Editorial: August anxieties

There are a lot of balls in the air as we start another fall run

By Gren Winslow August 20, 2015

If you only look at prices charts it’s a great time to be in the cattle business. It’s only when you start looking longer-term that you see plenty of reasons to be anxious for the beef industry this August. As of this issue going to press Canada is in what appears to be the final […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Prime cuts

As predicted, COOL fight isn’t over yet

Prime Cuts from the June 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Steve Kay August 7, 2015

COOL’s ultimate demise is finally at hand. But it might not come as quickly as one might hope for. That’s because COOL’s fate now lies in the hands of American lawmakers. While the U.S. House of Representatives has already acted with commendable speed, the U.S. Senate is likely to drag its feet until the day […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Architect of the Capitol, VisitTheCapitol.gov)

Livestock

Voluntary COOL still not OK: Ritz and Fast

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 24, 2015

Two U.S. senators have introduced a bipartisan bill which would replace mandatory country-of-origin labelling for meat within a voluntary program, but it doesn’t impress Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and International Trade Minister Ed Fast. The bill is intended to bring the U.S. into compliance with a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling in May that the […] Read more

Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Gerry Ritz.

Beef Cattle, CCA reports

CCA Report: A COOL victory for Canadian beef producers

From the June 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Dave Solverson June 26, 2015

On May 18, in a historic and decisive victory for Canada’s cattle industry, the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) issued a fourth and final ruling confirming that U.S. mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) discriminates against U.S. imports of Canadian cattle and hogs. The ruling effectively ends the eight-year legal battle initiated by the […] Read more

U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, shown here in Michigan in 2011, proposes a voluntary COOL system for beef and pork, while keeping mandatory COOL for lamb and other covered goods. (Stabenow.senate.gov via Flickr)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. senators ponder voluntary COOL for beef, pork

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 25, 2015

Considering a repeal for a meat label law ruled offside by world trade regulators, members of the U.S. Senate’s ag committee are also asking aloud if a voluntary label law for beef and pork would do. At the agriculture committee’s hearings Thursday in Washington, D.C., chairman Pat Roberts told senators trade retaliation from Canada and […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. House of Representatives votes to scrap COOL

By Krista Hughes June 10, 2015

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday evening voted to repeal meat labeling laws, which were widely backed by U.S. consumer groups, as Canada and Mexico threaten US$3 billion in trade sanctions. The House voted 300-131 to repeal country-of-origin labeling (COOL) rules on beef, pork and poultry, after the World Trade […] Read more

Livestock, Markets

WTO booked to hear Canada’s COOL tariff case

By Dave Bedard June 4, 2015

The World Trade Organization’s Dispute Settlement Body is set to hear Canada’s request in just under two weeks for revenge against the U.S. over country-of-origin labelling (COOL). Canada on Thursday filed its request for authorization of retaliatory tariffs, to be considered at a DSB meeting on June 17, the federal government said. Barring a repeal […] Read more

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CCA Report: North American producers stand firm on COOL

NAFTA countries debate COOL harm at WTO

CCA Report: Drought concerns and trade talks

Editorial: August anxieties

As predicted, COOL fight isn’t over yet

Voluntary COOL still not OK: Ritz and Fast

CCA Report: A COOL victory for Canadian beef producers

U.S. senators ponder voluntary COOL for beef, pork

U.S. House of Representatives votes to scrap COOL

WTO booked to hear Canada’s COOL tariff case

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