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Cattle Industry: January 11, 2008
Cattlemen not keen on importing Argentine cattle
by Tom Steever - Wednesday, January 9, 2008, 4:32 PM

A cattlemen's group opposes a USDA proposal to import beef from specific regions of Argentina. The problem, according to Colorado cattleman Doug Zalesky, is that Argentina has had foot and mouth disease. "And I think the risk of doing such a regionalization plan in hopes that we could keep foot and mouth disease out is too high of a risk for cattle producers to really be comfortable with," Zalesky told Brownfield in an interview. Because the highly contagious FMD is an airborne infection, Zalesky, who co-chairs the U.S. Cattlemen's Association International Trade Committee, says it's not going to be stopped by what he calls an imaginary border. "We're not anti-trade, but we certainly think that it's time that the government starts doing what it's supposed to do, and that's to protect the people of this country," added Zalesky, "and one way to do that is to keep diseases like foot and mouth disease out of this country." Even though the USDA proposal is a year old, there's been no final decision published by the agency. http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=60AE2CC6-F31F-CA24-13F534AC0B7E3793 Related Links: U.S. Cattlemen's Association AUDIO: Doug Zalesky (8:30 MP3)

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