244: The Cattle Market Rallies Again and Canada’s New Traceability Rules Are a Train Wreck with John Campbell
John opens with a strong market week and even stronger prices on lightweight calves, then the episode turns into a blunt reality check on Canada’s new cattle traceability rules. The core issue is not tagging cattle. It’s the expectation that producers log every movement, location, and ID detail within seven days, even in real-world ranch scenarios where premise IDs don’t exist, cattle are commingled, and logistics change mid-haul. John lays out why the policy reads clean on a PowerPoint but collapses the second it hits pasture gates, portable pens, community grazing, and normal neighbor-help…
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