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Comment on Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace by Ethan Samples

Ethan Samples — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:12:35 +0000

Amen, indeed. I wish more of my brethren bankers that have ag clients would do the same. Perhaps no would would listen to the bankers, however politically incorrect our opinions would be. We cannot stand by and allow misinformation to continue to be taken as truth.

Comment on Indiana launches grain bin safety campaign by BMaker

BMaker — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:45:41 +0000

A farmer marketing program including the ‘Stopping Grain Engulfments in Indiana’ presentation will be presented February 23, 2010 at the Posey County Indiana Community Center located north of Mt. Vernon, IN. For further information please contact 800-669-0085.

Comment on Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace by Mary De Vries

Mary De Vries — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:07:30 +0000

Thank you. I always let people know that when they buy a product that our creamery make, they are helpig to pay my bills. I like your blunt honesty, I appreciate it this is my style. Mary De Vries

Comment on Wisconsin appoints raw milk working group by Maureen F

Maureen F — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:23:51 +0000

I am lactose intolerant and can only drink raw milk without painful side effects. When my raw milk farm sadly closed their doors last month (after years of struggling with the state), I was furious. I cannot tolerate pasteurized milk and am now forced to go dairy-free against my will.

This article gave me a glimmer of hope. I hope that the working group can see that for some of us raw milk is more than a health choice – it is our only dairy option.

Comment on Donation to HSUS generates comments by Stuart Helfand

Stuart Helfand — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:02:45 +0000

Will not purchase any yellow tail from this day on

Comment on Conservation cuts concern groups by Anita

Anita — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:52:20 +0000

The incentive program EQIP is vital in helping our farmers and ranchers to continue in business, especially with the economy in such bad shape. It just seems to me that, cuts can be made somewhere else other than conservation.

Comment on A conversation with Collin Peterson by Gary Erickson

Gary Erickson — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:56:53 +0000

Did he ask Collin what his price is to pass a bill? (his fellow democrats are open about their prices; Sen. Ben Nelson, paid medicare for people only in Nebraska, etc…)

Comment on Bringing back the horse industry by Linda Kurgan

Linda Kurgan — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:17:50 +0000

Hi! If you are addressing the problems caused by stopping kill in this country, please consider an alternative; it probably is impossible to stop horse kill, because of the money involved, BUT, if we, the horse industry people, would figure out how to do it better, with less trauma in the hauling, and during the waiting, in in the killing of horses, probably a compromise could be worked out and the industry could make a comeback……

I have SEEN the loading, and hauling – all done at night, in the dark, of course, and talked to truckers’ wives, who say the horses they are hauling begin to panic about a mile from the kill plants – they can smell the blood, and that they will never again ride close to a plant with their husbands. Not to mention how barbaric the kill process is in Mexico – surely I don’t have to tell you that….. before the kill plants were set up in the 70’s, trucks came to the ranch/farm/house and they shot the horses on site and took them away – refrigerated trucks? Anyway, it can and must be done better than is has been the last 40 years in order to stop having trouble with the government and the city people and animal rights activists – don’t you think so?
Linda

Comment on The apron story by Cyndi Young

Cyndi Young — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:18:47 +0000

Look under Cyndi Young’s 2 cents.

Comment on Cattlemen change organization structure by Emily Oswald Coffey

Emily Oswald Coffey — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:47:18 +0000

That sounds like a very good idea to establish a smaller BOD (Board of Directors).

What kind of work is being done to send more ag. products to Cuba? Is it up to each state or do we have a national Baord that would be working on this question?

Sincerely,

Emily Oswald Coffey