Comments on: What is in America’s Future?

By: Sandi

Sandi — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:32:09 +0000

…and why are we listening to an organization (PETA) that is and has been for many years on the FBI’s top ten most watched “terrorist” group?

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:24:33 +0000

Thank you for writing this. I have been raising turkeys with my husband for a year now, and I have become so aware of the issues farmers are facing – It is nice to see someone SUPPORTING the American farmer instead of tearing us down. Thank you!

By: Tex Hunter

Tex Hunter — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:34:31 +0000

The American farmer has more to fear than humane societies who want them to treat their animals better. Small farmers get bought out by factory farm corporations all the time. Farm Corp millionaires get money from the government NOT to grow crops. Little kids think milk comes from grocery stores. Poor cows, their contribution is unknown and unappreciated. I guess contribution is another word for stealing their milk. And in return we let them steal good grub and warm stalls.
The end game is that people do what makes them the most money. Only laws, rules and cops prevent some of them killing each other (and us, the customer) to make more money. If you don’t believe this look at what wall street just did. And that was not the first time. Look up Black Friday. We exist to breathe and make money.

By: Randy C

Randy C — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:15:24 +0000

The free market can be unfettered except where the possibility exists for producers and manufacturers to harm people, animals, or the environment. Because states compete with each other to provide jobs, the way to protect animals from abusive farmers is through federal regulation. The same is true for environmental protection against companies that pollute.

By: Dave Potthast

Dave Potthast — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:16:43 +0000

Well after reading all the posts I thought I would throw my two cents in. I grew up in the country and worked on a farm during the summers. I think I started to get paid for the things I did when I was around 12. I guess that is where I learned that hard days work is very rewarding. I have had a lot of different jobs/careers in my life. I am 41 now and two sons of my own. My rules to them are #1 no hospital visits (they like to rough house around) #2 Earn your keep! OK on with my point. A lot of the people I have talked to over my years make their judgment on things before they have the facts of it. I was a master auto mechanic for 9 yrs and have worked on just about everything that is on the road today. When it comes to American quality yes it is there. Most people do not take care of the car or truck like they should. I myself own a 1997 Chevy Cavalier with 256,000 miles on it and still going strong(and still getting 35mpg)! The farm I worked on growing up the Dodge truck that we used for just about everything had over 300,000 miles on it. I think a lot of Americans need to get out and spend some time on the farm. This way they know what it means to put a days work in. Farming is not a 9 to 5 job and off on the weekends. Farming is 24/7 365 day job. Yes I do agree there are some really crappy farmers out there. The problem that needs to be fixed is the crappy farmers. I would like to know when it became the solution for dealing with a problem person or persons is to punish everybody for what they did? Like I stated before I have many different careers in my life so far everything from a mechanic to my most recent one which I worked for a bio tech research company. Currently I decided to take a break from it and find a new direction.
If you want to help the American farmer buy from them! I get my eggs from a local farmer as well my beef. When you do this you can see how they are raised and are taken care of. Do you want quality veggies go the farmers market. Do you want quality clothing look for the tag that reads Made in the USA! Some of you may not see my point yet! I will some it up. Know all the facts before buying, eating, drinking or making a judgment about anything until you know the facts! The reason I say this is I have talked and dealt with people all over our great nation and they vary from coast to coast. Do you know what kind of person knows what a hard days work is? It is the blue collar worker the farmer, the volunteer that gives just about ever bit of their free time to help someone. This same person still puts family first! So in the end take a good look at yourself when you zoom by somebody on the side of the road with a flat. Did you stop to help? Why not? Just remember that excuses are like rectums everybody has one! When was the last time you held the door open for somebody? When was the last time you help the older couple across the street with their yard or anything? We are losing who we are and what we stand for! As it was stated in another post WAKE UP!

By: Heather Berger

Heather Berger — Tue, 25 May 2010 01:57:52 +0000

Charity starts at home and so does good business. We have collectively abandoned our small town farmers, retailers, grocers, etc. in our search for the “cheapest” price. So we go into debt to pay less so we can buy more of the stuff we don’t need. We allow special interest groups to buy our politicians and push through whatever is the special interest item of the moment.

This isn’t about HSUS or PETA – this is about each of us, as individuals, voting with our hard earned money to keep our country and our way of life intact. Buy American when possible, shop at your local butcher, farmers market and local retailer – reject the big box stores. Tell them to take their substandard products back to their countries of origin. We keep buying and companies keep cutting corners and standards while raising prices. How about we each make a commitment to go out of our way to support our own economy.

Parting food for thought – if we had to produce our own clothing, uniforms, shoes, socks, cars, trucks, tanks, food, defense materials could we do it? We no longer have the manufacturing facilities to “ramp up” in a time of need. We have no skilled labor and certainly no unified sense of patriotism – and certainly no pride. If something is actually “manufactured” here many of the components are out sourced. We are on a slippery slope.

By: ralph vasquez

ralph vasquez — Sat, 22 May 2010 18:26:22 +0000

The farmers in our country are highly overlooked and taken for granted for what they are capable of doing for us Americans and in crisis other countries that are in desperate need. Something needs to change. Farmers are the most needed. We must eat to live. What can we do as American citizen’s? Think about it. And send in your ideas. American Farmers should all be funded by the government without raising taxes. Afterall, they need to eat too. I know that will probably never happen, but if we don’t want to happen to our Farmer’s what happended to the auto industry…what are we to do? Extreme matters need extreme decesions to be made to ease the burden of producing foods of all kinds. Meat, poultry,wheat, rice etc.

By: Patsy Denham

Patsy Denham — Fri, 21 May 2010 17:31:25 +0000

Certainly appreciate having you stand up for agriculture. I have a hard time figuring out why people can’t see the importance of farmers and ranchers for our very survival! Would love to chat with you sometime.
Thanks again!
Patsy

By: Weekend rancher

Weekend rancher — Tue, 18 May 2010 23:25:34 +0000

For the last 8 years, I’ve spent my weekends on a sheep farm. It started out as a hobby to learn how to herd sheep with my Border Collie, but soon it became an addiction. Every weekend, we tend sheep — deworm them, sheer them, clip nails, vaccinate, tag, examine, and so forth.

I won’t speak for large scale farmers/ranchers, but many small time folks take incredibly good care of their flock. Our sheep have a lot of access to open land, grazing on fresh grass, supplemented with hay throughout the winter. The sheep are rarely confined, and they are protected by from coyotes and bad weather.

So please, people like “Michigan Girl”, don’t talk about what you haven’t experienced. Looking at the worst-of-the-worst pictures online is not the same as living the life of a farmer. Our sheep are taken care of to the hilt, so don’t spread nasty, untrue rumors about how people take care of their flocks.

There is a HUGE difference between advocating for larger cages for chickens and completely banning all cages. The legislators seriously dropped the ball on that one. If people are not careful, PETA and H$U$ will take over all animal issues. Protect your right to care for your animals.

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