The News-Leader.com from Springfield, MO ran a column today which focused on the care farmers and ranchers give their animals. (Click here to read the full story.)
The article emphasizes that farmers and ranchers attend workshops, trainings, and seek advice from veterinarians and scientist to ensure their animals receive the best care.
Chelsea Good, author of the article, also addresses the issue of unnecessary regulations pushed by groups that oppose modern livestock production practices. She points out these groups are “notorious for employing emotional appeals to push animal welfare-related bills.”
One reader, “daisydelight” commented on Chelsea’s story, saying: Notice that Ms. Good never references family farmers, though. I’d be willing to bet money that she’s a shill for the Confined Animal Feeding Operation proponents. That kind of farming is totally different, and people that do that for a living are doing it for the money, period. In these discussions, don’t let them get away with using the term ‘farmers’ – make them specify whether they are a farmer in the traditional sense of the word vs a person that is willing to be a step in a corporation’s ‘production’ (as she terms it) if the money is right.
Please visit this site and comment on Chelsea’s story and help her tell our story, THE STORY OF AGRICULTURE. By the year 2030, we need to increase the world food supply by 50%. If AMERICAN farmers & ranchers are regulated out of business, our food supply will be grown in foreign lands, is this really what we want?