Cattle Movement From Canada Expected to be Slow
Published on the Billings Gazette Web site By Jim Gransberry
When the U.S. border opens to Canadian cattle older than 30 months on Nov. 19, the influx of older cattle coming south will be minimal, ranchers in Alberta and Saskatchewan say.
Age verification requirements, currency parity and transportation costs will limit movement.
Nevertheless, Montana cattlemen argue that the timing of the opening is poor for the U.S. cull market and is premature in that age limitations on U.S. cattle/beef exports should first be resolved with Japan and South Korea. Also, the risk of bovine spongiform encephalopathy contamination from Canadian cattle is too great, some say.
The specters of congressional intervention or judicial injunction are hovering just offstage, too. Read the rest on the Billings Gazette Web site.
Cattle Rustler Receives 30-Year Sentence
Published on the Shelbyville Times-Gazette Web site By Clint Confehr
The Bedford County man who pleaded guilty of rustling cattle that were recovered at a farm west of Interstate 65 in Marshall County was handed an effective sentence of 30 years on Monday.
Mark Robert Carter, 30, who had been living in rented quarters north of Shelbyville when he was arrested a year ago, had already been sentenced to four years in the state penitentiary, District Attorney Chuck Crawford said.
But with consecutive sentencing by Circuit Court Judge Robert Crigler, the confessed thief now faces up to three decades behind bars for all the charges in Bedford, Marshall, Moore and Lincoln counties, Crawford said. Read the rest on the Times-Gazette Web site.
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