The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association supports the World Trade Organization’s ruling on the nation’s COOL Law. NCBA President Bill Donald says it was a bad idea from the beginning. He says proponents of COOL have always believed restricting imports of Mexican and Canadian feeder cattle would decrease the supply of feeder cattle in the U.S. – increasing the price of U.S. feeder cattle. However – Donald says the reality is that reducing the number of cattle in the marketplace reduces the infrastructure of the U.S. beef industry and everyone loses. He believes shrinking the size and scope of the cattle industry only serves to cripple producers and the industry for the future. The WTO plans to make the ruling public in September – and the U.S. then will have two months to decide whether or not to appeal the ruling.