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WASHINGTON (CP) - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Michael Johanns took immediate steps to reopen the border to Canadian cattle late Thursday after a federal appeals court dismissed arguments that imports could spread mad cow disease. American officials have already been in contact with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to prepare certifying cattle for shipment, said Johanns. Canadian officials expected trucks to roll next week to take cows south for the first time since May 2003 when Canada discovered its first case of mad cow. The unanimous decision by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was released...

U.S. border reopened to Canadian cattle Last Updated Thu, 14 Jul 2005 21:36:28 EDT CBC News The American border is "immediately" open to Canadian cattle following a court decision that overturned a temporary injunction banning their importation because of fears of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as mad cow disease. "The ruling is effective immediately, we are immediately taking steps to resume the importation of cattle under 30 months of age from Canada," said Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns in a late night statement. The decision by the three-judge panel of the federal appeals court was released a day after...

McKenna blasts American ranchers group after homegrown mad cow caseBeth Gorham July 1, 2005 WASHINGTON (CP) - It's "hypocritical in the extreme" for a "very selfish" U.S. ranching group to keep blocking Canadian cattle when Americans now have a homegrown case of mad cow disease, Ambassador Frank McKenna said Friday. "The logic is so overwhelming that I find it difficult to imagine that this border won't be reopened," he said during a Canada Day interview in his office with a stunning view of Capitol Hill. McKenna, now four months into the job as Canada's top envoy to the United States,...

R-CALF Goes Closer to Edge So how did your paper report the preliminary injunction R-CALF won against USDA's Final Rule on Canada? Rancher's Group Opposed to All Imports Wins Injunction in Court USDA-Hating Rancher's Group Wins Injunction R-CALF Wins Round in Turf War With USDA Using Consumers As Pawns in Import War, R-CALF Wins A Round R- CALF Throws Everything Up Against the Wall To See What Judge Will Believe R-CALF Demonstrates Allegations, Exaggerations and Half-Truths All Is Necessary to File Lawsuit I didn't think so. Here's what the papers did say: "A federal judge in Montana granted a livestock...

R-CALF placed a half-page lobby-type ad in today's Washington Post, thanking the U.S. Senate for passing a resolution (52-46) that would, if it passed the House and was signed into law by President Bush (both unlikely events) do what a district court judge in Billings, Montana (Judge Richard Cebull) has already helped R-CALF accomplish: maintain the closure of the U.S.-Canadian border to live cattle under 30 months of age. The ad urges the House of Representatives to support the resolution of disapproval "against USDA's weakening of U.S. import standards." The ad was paid for by the Ranchers Cattlemen Action Legal...