Yesterday I visited the photo gallery at Agritalk and found pictures of a tour the United Soybean Board took to Mexico called the "See For Yourself" tour. It was intriguing to look at these photos, and shocking to see how modernized agriculture is becoming in Mexico. There is a photo of a modernized feed mill, which is completely automated by computers, and is state of the art. This mill was very clean, well designed, and is using dried distillers grain, a co-product of Ethanol.

There were also pictures taken from inside a modern chicken barn, which housed 1.2 million layers. The building was completely automated and extremely clean. There were also pictures taken at a dairy, which was modernized as well. The photos showed the cows being milked on the carousel, and it too was very clean. The group also visited a fish farm, and toured the greenhouses which they housed the fish in to control temperature. The fish farm was also very clean and modernized.

These photos were proof that Mexico is making advancements in agriculture, and learning that technology helps improve conditions not only for the animals, but for food safety as well.

While the activist groups are busy trying to destroy agriculture in the United States, Mexico is gaining ground in becoming more efficient and productive in agriculture by implementing technology on their farms. If the activist groups run agriculture out of the United States by banning the use of egg laying hen cages, veal stalls, and sow gestation stalls, Mexico will be ready and willing to pick up the slack.

This is another reason why we as farmers and ranchers need to be out telling our story everyday! Direct people you visit with to go to this site and see what is happening in Mexico. Together, we can keep agriculture thriving in this country, and our food supply home grown!