Mabel Dobbs

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  "Consumers have a right to know where their food comes from, and farmers and ranchers want to meet U.S. consumers' preference for food raised in the U.S.," said Mabel Dobbs, a rancher from Weiser, Idaho, who chairs WORC's Livestock Committee."The comments we submitted give USDA two options to enforce this law without expensive, unnecessary paperwork," Dobbs said.
  
  Congress adopted a new law earlier this year requiring that fresh meat, fish and produce be labeled by country of origin in grocery stores beginning in September 2004.In the meantime, USDA is using guidelines it wrote last fall for retailers who volunteer to label meat and produce before the law takes full effect.WORC submitted comments on how the final program should work, and joined thirty-five other organizations in submitting comments from Americans for Country of Origin Labeling.
  
  "USDA messed up the guidelines for the voluntary program," Dobbs said."The guidelines said it wasn't enough for me to simply certify that my cattle were born and raised in the U.S. when I sell them.There is no reason to require any more than self-certification, since every animal or piece of meat that comes across our borders must have a mark or label on them under our food safety, homeland security and trade laws," Dobbs said.
  
  "The major beef and pork packers benefit from cheap imports when consumers aren't told where their meat comes from," Dobbs said, "so they don't like this new law.

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  "USDA's animal ID plan won't prevent animal diseases, and there are already effective programs that track and prevent disease outbreaks without the tremendous cost of animal ID," said Mabel Dobbs, chair of the council's livestock committee.
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  "This proposed rule has ramifications for every livestock producer in our country," said Dobbs, a rancher from Weiser, Idaho. "At a time when there are so many economic problems in our country, the government is pushing forward an unproven program that will cost livestock producers and taxpayers. USDA has already spent over $130 million trying to design this program that five years after its inception is still unnecessary and they still cannot implement.
  
  "We urge you to find out more about NAIS, read the full rule and find suggestions for comments by going to the council's Web site at www.worc.org," said Dobbs.

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  "Consumers have a right to know where their food comes from, and farmers and ranchers want to meet U.S. consumers' preference for food raised in the U.S.," said Mabel Dobbs, a rancher from Weiser, Idaho, who chairs WORC's Livestock Committee.
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  "Consumers in countries all over the world already know the country of origin of the food in their stores," said Dobbs."Instead of looking to the known costs of labeling in these countries and states like Florida, USDA seems to have pulled these numbers out of thin air," said Dobbs."When I do the books for my ranch, my numbers have to be based on something.USDA added up a bunch of unsupported assumptions about costs, and came up with $2 billion - twice as much as the industry estimated when it was lobbying against this bill," Dobbs said.
  
  "Worse yet, USDA ignored the benefits to the consumer and to the industry itself," said Dobbs.

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  Farm bill seeks fairer livestock markets , commentary by WORC's Mabel Dobbs

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  Congress can begin to repair the damage with a good livestock title in the farm bill," said Mabel Dobbs, an Idaho-based rancher and Chair of Western Organization of Resource Councils' Livestock Committee.

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  WORC's Mabel Dobbs said family farmers and ranchers are one step closer to freedom from the unconstitutional beef checkoff after the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals refused to reconsider its earlier decision striking down the checkoff. (10/03)

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  AMS "messed up" when it indicated that every meat product sold at retail would need to have documentation and independent verification as to the origin of the animal, or animals, from which the meat was produced, the organization's livestock committee chair Mabel Dobbs, a rancher from Weiser, Idaho, said.

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  Enzi's reforms," said Mabel Dobbs, a rancher from Weiser, Idaho, and chair of the Livestock Committee for the Billings-based Western Organization of Resource Councils.
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  Dobbs said the packers use captive supplies to manipulate the price paid to family farmers and ranchers for their livestock for nearly 20 years."It's time to fix the livestock markets," she said.
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  "Ranchers owe a big ‘thank you' to these senators for their efforts to regain a true livestock market," Dobbs said.

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  "Support for country of origin labeling is overwhelming," said Mabel Dobbs, a rancher from Weiser, Idaho, who chairs WORC's Livestock Committee.

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  "Consumers have a right to know where their food comes from, and farmers and ranchers want to meet U.S. consumers' preference for food raised in the U.S.," said Mabel Dobbs, a rancher from Weiser, Idaho, who chairs WORC's Livestock Committee."The United States Department of Agriculture is playing into the hands of opponents of the new country of origin labeling program who want to scare producers and consumers with inflated cost estimates," Dobbs said.
  
  Congress adopted a new law earlier this year requiring that fresh meat, fish and produce be labeled by country of origin in grocery stores beginning in September 2004.The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is writing regulations to implement the program.Last November, USDA estimated the cost of record-keeping by farmers, ranchers, food processors and retailers needed for the program at $2 billion.Dobbs submitted comments for WORC on USDA's estimate of the cost.
  
  "Instead of looking to the known costs of labeling in other countries, under existing programs, and in states like Florida that already require labeling, USDA seems to have pulled these numbers out of thin air," Dobbs said."USDA estimated I'd have to pay someone $25 an hour for hours and hours of work to comply with this law.I don't pay myself that much, and I can tell you it isn't going to take me a minute to comply with this law.We already keep all the records we need to tell anyone who wants to know where our cows were born and raised."
  
  "USDA added up a bunch of unsupported assumptions about costs.They double-counted, including costs that the government's own guidelines say should not be counted," Dobbs said.

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