Current Issues Livestock ID Canada Border COOL

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Current IssuesLivestock ID ? Canada Border ?
COOL

• Tim Petry
• Extension Livestock Economist

11-15-04
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What Is Brewing For 04-05?
Canadian Border
9-11
Dock Strike
Japanese Border
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A National Animal Identification System(NAIS)

• United States Department of Agriculture
• Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• Veterinary Services

Safeguarding Animal Health
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Development of the NAIS

• Four key data elements require standards
• A uniform premises identification system
• A uniform and nationally recognized individual
  numbering system
• A uniform and nationally recognized numbering
  system for groups or lots of animals and
• A uniform numbering system for non-producer
  participants (such as tag distributors, animal
  health officials, labs, etc).

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Production Data

• Production information would not be needed for
  disease tracking purposes, but could enable
  value-added data to flow up the production chain
• Data may be used by producers for production
  purposes and to gain marketing advantage

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Individual Animal Tracking Between Premises
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Examples of RFID Tags
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Most US Trading Partners Have ID
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Current Status and Initial Implementation Steps

• 18.8 million now transferred from USDAs
  Commodity Credit Corporation to fund the
  development and implementation of an animal
  identification system.
• Implementation to start on a voluntary basis, and
  will move towards eventual requirements for
  premises and animal identification as we learn
  more during the development and implementation of
  the system and as confidentiality of data issues
  are addressed.

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Cooperative Agreements

• Selections for initial round of cooperative
  agreements announced by Secretary Veneman mid
  August 2004.
• 29 agreements approved for states and tribes for
  a total of 11.6 million in funding.

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North Dakota (515,000)

• ND Department of Agriculture
• Board of Animal Health
• ND Stockmens Association
• ND Century Code 36-09-25
• NDSA shall administer ID for cattle, horses,
  mules
• Calf AID
• NDSU Dickinson REC
• RFID 10,000 calves

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2005 and beyond

• The Presidents budget for 2005 requests 33
  million to fund that years activities for system
  implementation.
• Plan to continue cooperative agreements so as to
  expand initial implementation, facilitate
  tracking of animal movements.

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Proposed Rule to Allow Live Animal Imports from
CANADA (43 pages)
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• May 20, 2003. U.S. border closed to all Canadian
  cattle and beef
• Aug. 8, 2003. U.S. border opened to boneless
  muscle cuts from cattle less than 30 months of
  age
• Nov 2003. Aphis proposal to allow Canadian
  cattle, and bone-in beef, under 30 months of age
• Comment period ended Jan 5, 2004

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• BSE case in U.S. confirmed on Dec 23, 2003
• Mar 2004. Expanded proposal to allow beef from
  cattle over 30 months if U.S. protocol for SRM
  used
• Why? Mexico will hold U.S. to protocol used with
  Canada!
• April 2004. R-CALF USA sues USDA and temporary
  restraining order granted.
• 2005 when will cattle and bone-in product be
  allowed into the US?

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Politics

• Possible Timeline
• Dec 04 Jan 05 USDA will publish proposed rule
• 60 day comment period
• Feb/Mar 05 comment period will close
• Mar-May ? Border opens
• Will depend on comments, possible court action,
  additional BSE in Canada or US, etc.

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WA_LS718 Washington, DC 9-Nov-04
USDA Market News Canadian Livestock Prices and
Federal Inspected Slaughter Figures Area
Alberta Direct Sales, 4 Shrink Slaughter Steers,
mostly Select 1-2, 1000-1200 lbs
63.88 Slaughter Heifers, mostly Select 1-2,
850-1050 lbs 60.73 Area
Ontario Auctions Slaughter Steers, mostly Select
1-2, 1000-1200 lbs
61.92 Slaughter Heifers, mostly Select 1-2,
850-1050 lbs 57.49 Slaughter
Cows, Cutter and Utility 1-3, 1100-1400 lbs
15.07 Average Feeder Cattle
Prices Steers Southern Alberta
Saskatchewan Manitoba
11/05/04 10/29/04 11/05/04 10/29/04
11/05/04 10/29/04 401-500 lbs 94.21
90.06 92.53 86.79 86.67
80.24 501-600 lbs 83.74 81.05 82.90
79.42 82.06 72.87 601-700 lbs
77.46 76.14 77.04 72.46
74.11 69.59 701-800 lbs 74.53 73.69
70.76 72.46 71.18 67.55 801-900
lbs 72.85 71.23 69.92 70.41
68.67 67.55 900 69.08
72.05 66.99 70.00 64.90 63.86
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Beef to SE Asia

• Politics
• USDA 6-8 weeks
• Japan 6-8 months

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Tim Petry NDSU Extension Service
Updated 10/31/03
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NDSU Extension Service COOL Website
http//www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/aginfo/lsmkt/COOL/coo
l.htm
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Timeline

• May 2002 2002 Farm Bill signed which required
  COOL for beef, lamb, pork, fish, fruits and
  vegetables, and peanuts
• Jan 2004 PL-108-199 (Ag Appropriations) delayed
  COOL except for wild and farm-raised fish and
  shellfish until Sep 2006
• Sep 2004 Mandatory COOL for fish and shellfish
• Politics