CORINNE
the Chomp!
MOWRY PRINCE CORINNE, EX(92)2E
Owned by Clarence and Kenneth Mowry,
Roaring Spring, PA
THE NEW WORLD’S RECORD COW
FOR MILK PRODUCTION
Total Days Total Milk
24 * 3847
49 7910
77 12741
97 16025
105 17257
143 23153
171 27293
206 32230
222 34360
234 35873
244 37076
262 39211
299 ' 43506
305 44175
- 319 45730
335 47529
343 48830
365 50759
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been part of this
outstanding World's Record.
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Lancaster 299-2561 • York 854-7867 • Red Lion 244-4511
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Limits Set on Imports from Canada
On November 16,
President Gerald R. Ford
signed a proclamation
authorizing the imposition of
quotas on U.S. imports of
cattle, hogs, beef, veal, and
pork from Canada. This
action was taken under
Section 252 (a) of the Trade
Expansion Act of 1962, which
permits the President to
impose duties or other
import restrictions on the
products of any foreign
country “maintaining un
justifiable import restric
tions against U.S.
agricultural products which
impair the value if com
mitments made to the United
States, oppress the com
merce of the United States,
or prevent the expansion of
trade on a mutually ad
vantageous basis.”
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The restrictive action on
Canadian livestock products
has been taken in an effort to
obtain the removal of quotas
imposed by Canada last
August on U.S. slaughter
cattle, beef, and veal moving
to the Canadian market.
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The U.S. quota restrictions
will limit the volume of
cattle, hogs, beef, veal, and
pork that can enter the
United States from Canada
to the following aggregate
quantities, retroactive to
August 12, 1974:
Beef cattle: 17,000 head
(TSUS items 100.40, 100.43,
100.45, 100.53, and 100.55.)
Beef and veal, fresh,
chilled, frozen, prepared, or
preserved: 17 million
pounds. (TSUS items 106.10
and 107.60).
Hogs: 50,000 head. (TSUS)
100.85).
Pork, fresh, chilled,
frozen: 36 million pounds.
(TSUS items 106.40, 107.30,
and 107.35).
For 30 days after the
imposition of the quota,
however, entries under the
quota will be limited to one
twelfth of the respective
quota quantity specified for
each product.
According to U.S. Census
Bureau statistics, U.S.
imports from Canada in
these categories during
August and September were
as follows: Beef cattle, 7,186
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Pec. 14,1974—5
head; beef and veal, 5.998
million pounds; hogs, 23,096
head; and pork, 7.495 million
pounds.
It is hoped that U.S.
retaliatory action will lead to
the early removal of the
Canadian quotas and re
establish the free trade
movements in livestock and
livestock products that have
traditionally characterized
both markets. The U.S.
action should not
significantly affect U.S.
retail meat prices because
imports of these livestock
products from Canada ac
count for less than one-half
of 1 percent of total U.S.
consumption of red meat.
Prior to the proclamation,
public hearings were held on
October > 25, 1974, in
Washington, D.C. to allow all
interested parties to present
all facts and views on the
economic impact of the
proposed U.S. action.
Testimony by U.S. livestock
industry representatives
generally favored taking
retaliatory measures
against Canadian shipments
of cattle, beef, veal, hogs,
and pork.
The U.S. action was
precipitated by the im
position of quotas on
slaughter cattle weighing
over 700 pounds, beef, and
veal by Canada on August 12,
1974. These quotas, based on
1969-73 average imports,
restrict U.S. shipments to
Canada to 82,835 head of
slaughter cattle and 17,899
million pounds of beef and
veal for the 12-month period
ending August 11, 1975.
In 1973, Canada imported
216,000 head of cattle from
the United States and 35
million pounds of beef.
Therefore, the Canadian
quotas will reduce imports of
U.S. beef and veal during the
12-month period by almost 50
percent below 1973 levels,
and at the same time, cut
cattle imports from the
United States by slightly
over 60 percent.
Canada’s quotas on im
ports of cattle and beef are
the most recent in a series of
actions over the past year
that have interfered with
U.S. beef, veal, and cattle
exports to Canada. From
November 2, 1973, to
February 11, 1974, the
Canadian Government
levied an import surtax on
cattle and fresh beef.
The surtax was followed
by a ban on U.S. livestock
and livestock product im
ports from April 9, 1974, to
August 2, 1974, because the
type of import certification
procedures demanded by the
Canadian Government to
prove the absence of
diethylstillbestrol (DES)
could not be met. When the
Canadian Government
announced on August 2,1974,
that it had accepted a DES
certification procedure
proposed by the United
States, it simultaneously
announced that quotas would
be ihnposed on cattle, beef,
and veal, effective August
12.
Thus, since November
1973, each time U.S.
negotiators obtained the
removal of a Canadian
import restriction on cattle
and beef, another import
restriction was imposed
shortly thereafter.
Canada maintains that
these quota restrictions are
needed to protect its new
beef stabilization plan,
which was announced at the
same time as the quotas.
Under this scheme,
Canada’s beef producers are
guaranteed a price of C 545.42
per hundredweight for all
cattle graded A, B, and C.
Any shortfall in actual
market prices is made up by
the Canadian Government in
the form of a deficiency
payment.
Implementation of a new
beef carcass grading system
in late 1972 caused a shift in
Canadian production to
lower grade cattle with less
marbling and fat covering.
This helped to create a
shortfall in the supply of
high-quality beef demanded
by the hotel and restaurant
trade, which was met largely
by increased movement of
Choice grade cattle and beef
from the United States.