Exact quotes to follow on President Donald Trump's cattle remarks as they will certainly be of interest to Canadian cattle farmers.
"It's a relatively small number ... it's still cattle coming in, we have a tremendous amounts of supply, cattle and you know, all. But generally speaking, supply."
"Our farmers have done an incredible job, and now the distribution is being made much better than it has been ... and I think it will end up being much better than it's ever been."
"I'm saying why are we bringing in cattle -- old trade deals that were made a long time ago -- why are we bringing in cattle from other countries when we have so much ourselves?"
"Now, in some cases -- I thought your answer was very good, they've been very great allies, have been working with us for many years. Sometimes we needed the cattle, and sometimes we don't."
"I would say, generally speaking, unless this is a country that really has been with us, we shouldn't take in their cattle." He adds "and that's the way we're going to handle it."