Posted: May 28, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 28
There is talk again the United States about resurrecting mandatory country-of-origin labelling for beef, a discussion that has the Canadian sector watching closely.(Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)
In the annals of North American trade disputes, the fight over mandatory country-of-origin labelling on beef and pork probably deserves its own chapter.
When the U.S. wielded the rules early in the last decade, it cost Canadian producers dearly and was blamed for sharp declines in livestock exports south of the border.
Ultimately, it took the World Trade Organization, which ruled the U.S. violated international trade law, and the threat of hefty sanctions for American lawmakers to repeal the regulations in 2015.
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Natural Resources Conservation Service
May 28, 2021
The National Cattlemen s Beef Association and Public Lands Council expressed opposition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service s decision to move forward with Endangered Species Act designations for the Lesser Prairie Chicken.
The FWS decision designates two distinct population segments (DPS) of the species. The Northern DPS covering southeastern Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and the northeast Texas panhandle will list birds as threatened. The Southern DPS covering New Mexico and the southwest Texas panhandle will list the species as endangered.
Unfortunately, the decision to implement restrictive ESA protections for the species after a decades-long conservation partnership directly disincentives continuation of effective, public-private conservation partnerships. Ninety-five percent of the lesser prairie chicken s habitat is privately owned, making collaboration with agricultural producers pivotal to the r