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<blockquote data-quote="rocfarm" data-source="post: 1841525" data-attributes="member: 42715"><p>Well, I apologize to everyone for stirring up such a hornets nest.</p><p></p><p>For those of us who have a tendency to get angry and radical real quick, I'd suggest we always slow down a bit and think.</p><p></p><p>But for those who think that there are never many hidden things/caveats/power implications to a program as big as this EID thing, I'd suggest maybe acknowledging that those of us who are more skeptical are not without reason.</p><p></p><p>Truce flag, maybe:</p><p></p><p>1) Herd health is important. No sane cattle producer would ever want to intentionally do something to hurt the consumer's positive perception of our beef supply.</p><p></p><p>2) Technology is not evil. It's a general use tool. But, if most are honest, I think we can admit that modern tech is a lot like a gun. You can use it to feed and protect your family by putting meat on the table and keeping predators away, or you can hurt yourself or others very seriously with it.</p><p></p><p>3) For those of us who don't control or can't really understand (or can't spend hours and thousands of dollars for the education) this new technology being put into use, history has shown we tend to lose out. That's not paranoia, that's fact. Check out the history of colonialism if you really don't agree with this statement.</p><p></p><p>4) Smaller producers have every right to give input, protest, and vote against new beef industry measures. And we shouldn't have to subsidize the industry by running a herd at a loss on our places. If we own land, we have a right to have access to a beef-producing model that is not so regulated that, over the long term, the only people that make money are the feed lots or the packers. Letting us have huge control of how we manage our herds goes the farthest towards giving us this opportunity. Increasing regulation takes away from that opportunity.</p><p></p><p>5) We need elites in the business. We need elite market makers, geneticists, and herds. They move us forward. But they need their checks and balances as well.</p><p></p><p>6) We can all agree we have a good thing going with cattle markets and land prices right now. Maybe we should think long and hard about how to maximize the benefits for others in the same way we'd like the regulators to maximize the benefits for us.</p><p></p><p>Congratulations to my fellow Texans on the rains. May your pastures recover fully this coming spring.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rocfarm, post: 1841525, member: 42715"] Well, I apologize to everyone for stirring up such a hornets nest. For those of us who have a tendency to get angry and radical real quick, I'd suggest we always slow down a bit and think. But for those who think that there are never many hidden things/caveats/power implications to a program as big as this EID thing, I'd suggest maybe acknowledging that those of us who are more skeptical are not without reason. Truce flag, maybe: 1) Herd health is important. No sane cattle producer would ever want to intentionally do something to hurt the consumer's positive perception of our beef supply. 2) Technology is not evil. It's a general use tool. But, if most are honest, I think we can admit that modern tech is a lot like a gun. You can use it to feed and protect your family by putting meat on the table and keeping predators away, or you can hurt yourself or others very seriously with it. 3) For those of us who don't control or can't really understand (or can't spend hours and thousands of dollars for the education) this new technology being put into use, history has shown we tend to lose out. That's not paranoia, that's fact. Check out the history of colonialism if you really don't agree with this statement. 4) Smaller producers have every right to give input, protest, and vote against new beef industry measures. And we shouldn't have to subsidize the industry by running a herd at a loss on our places. If we own land, we have a right to have access to a beef-producing model that is not so regulated that, over the long term, the only people that make money are the feed lots or the packers. Letting us have huge control of how we manage our herds goes the farthest towards giving us this opportunity. Increasing regulation takes away from that opportunity. 5) We need elites in the business. We need elite market makers, geneticists, and herds. They move us forward. But they need their checks and balances as well. 6) We can all agree we have a good thing going with cattle markets and land prices right now. Maybe we should think long and hard about how to maximize the benefits for others in the same way we'd like the regulators to maximize the benefits for us. Congratulations to my fellow Texans on the rains. May your pastures recover fully this coming spring. [/QUOTE]
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