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U.S. to appeal latest WTO loss on COOL

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff November 28, 2014

Canada will have to wait up to three more months before it can impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods over Washington’s mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) law on meat from imported livestock. The U.S. government on Friday filed a notice of appeal against the latest ruling by a World Trade Organization (WTO) compliance panel, which last […] Read more

Livestock

COOL as is can’t be patched to satisfy WTO, Vilsack says

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff, GFM Network News November 19, 2014

U.S. federal officials don’t see a way their mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) legislation can do what it was designed to do and satisfy global trade rules at the same time. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, speaking Monday on a U.S. Department of Agriculture podcast, said officials “do not think that there is a regulatory fix” for […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Prime cuts

Working for the beef industry

Canadian beef industry is fortunate to have strong leaders, skilled people behind the scenes

By Steve Kay November 14, 2014

It’s just over 10 years ago that Canada then the U.S. discovered their first homegrown BSE cases. The North American industry has largely put BSE behind it. But the huge cost to the industry is a reminder how economically devastating an animal disease can be. Then there’s the emotional cost of producers being forced out […] Read more

Stephen Harper and South Korea's President Park Geun-hye

CCA reports

Trade and labour issues

Canada-Korea free trade agreement, access to workers needed, CETA, and COOL

By Dave Solverson October 30, 2014

What a hectic few weeks it has been, with harvest on the go at home, lobbying activities to lead and significant progress being made on trade files with huge potential for Canada’s beef cattle industry. These new opportunities come at a time when most producers are thinking about next year’s business plan. Much like the […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. official urges deal on COOL clash

October 21, 2014

Washington | Reuters — A negotiated solution is the best way to resolve a trade dispute with Canada and Mexico over meat labeling in the short term, a U.S. official said Monday. A World Trade Organization compliance panel said earlier the U.S. has not done enough to change its country-of-origin labeling (COOL) rules after losing […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Revised U.S. COOL law still breaks trade rules, WTO panel finds

By Dave Bedard October 20, 2014

A World Trade Organization compliance panel has ruled the U.S. government offside in its latest attempt at a trade-compliant country-of-origin labelling (COOL) law on meat. Following a long-awaited public release Monday, the ruling may give Canada and Mexico the ammunition to demand COOL be scrapped, on pain of retaliatory tariffs against a range of U.S.-made […] Read more

CCA reports

Positive development in Canada’s beef industry

CCA Report: Canada-EU trade advances, COOL at the WTO, and BSE surveillance

By Dave Solverson October 8, 2014

As I reflect on a busy August full of Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) business and begin planning for harvest, I am struck by a few welcome developments in Canada’s beef industry that are far from business as usual. Cattle prices continue to hold strong, giving cow-calf producers an opportunity to sell into a hot market […] Read more

News Roundup

Can cattle be “fattened up” on pasture without grain supplementation?

News Roundup: Virtual on-farm necropsy, VBP animal care module progresses, and calls to suspend COOL

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff September 30, 2014

Forage Can I do that on grass? By Jack Kyle, Ontario forage specialist With increased interest in grass-fed beef, people ask if it is possible to fatten cattle on pasture without grain supplementation. The answer is yes, with a few conditions. When grass finishing animals remember that the market is generally not looking for as […] Read more

CCA reports

Interesting times

By Dave Solverson July 1, 2014

May has been a productive month with calving having slowed down and the weather improving just enough for seeding to occur and pastures to green up. The cold and wet spring weather in most parts of the country has meant extra time to tend to calves to ensure they get a good start. It will […] Read more

Comment, Livestock

Take aim at the precautionary principle

It stifles innovation

By Gren Winslow June 24, 2014

You have to give the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) some credit for the nerve to tackle one of the big dogs that has taken a huge bite out of the livestock industry for several decades now. In a white paper released in May, The Precautionary Principle and Animal Agriculture, this non-profit association takes […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs rise

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on favorable weather in growing regions

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U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs rise

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U.S. to appeal latest WTO loss on COOL

COOL as is can’t be patched to satisfy WTO, Vilsack says

Working for the beef industry

Trade and labour issues

U.S. official urges deal on COOL clash

Revised U.S. COOL law still breaks trade rules, WTO panel finds

Positive development in Canada’s beef industry

Can cattle be “fattened up” on pasture without grain supplementation?

Interesting times

Take aim at the precautionary principle

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