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Cattle and Antibiotics Editorial in Chicago Tribune today
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<blockquote data-quote="IGotMyWings" data-source="post: 693106" data-attributes="member: 8639"><p>I have, but it was back when I was in high school. It wasn't as bad as the media portrays them, but I've driven by lots that were pretty bad. The media will find the worst example of what they want to look bad, and the finest example of what they want to look good. You must keep in mind, though, that for the bad example to get the press, it must exist. </p><p></p><p>The point I was trying to make was that most of us care about the finished product, and aren't afraid to butcher one of our own animals to feed to our kids, but we're not selling that product to the final user a lot of times. We sell to a buyer who has another buyer who may take that animal that we would have gladly eaten and because of dirty, cramped conditions and prophylactic medication use, turn it into one that we'd not touch! When people see beef on the shelf, they think cow, and cow farm. They don't think feed lot, antibiotics or steroids or corporate giant! Articles like this one open eyes to things that they normally wouldn't think. The article doesn't say that some big feed lots cram cows into filthy conditions, and therefore have to feed the antibiotics to stave off the creeping crud. It says farmers feed it, and that's what makes us look bad. </p><p></p><p>The natural market is growing, and people are paying $5 - $6 a pound for hamburger that comes with the assurance that no steroids or antibiotics are present or fed routinely - or ever in some cases. If we are going to survive, we have to recognize that market. We evolve, or we die.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IGotMyWings, post: 693106, member: 8639"] I have, but it was back when I was in high school. It wasn't as bad as the media portrays them, but I've driven by lots that were pretty bad. The media will find the worst example of what they want to look bad, and the finest example of what they want to look good. You must keep in mind, though, that for the bad example to get the press, it must exist. The point I was trying to make was that most of us care about the finished product, and aren't afraid to butcher one of our own animals to feed to our kids, but we're not selling that product to the final user a lot of times. We sell to a buyer who has another buyer who may take that animal that we would have gladly eaten and because of dirty, cramped conditions and prophylactic medication use, turn it into one that we'd not touch! When people see beef on the shelf, they think cow, and cow farm. They don't think feed lot, antibiotics or steroids or corporate giant! Articles like this one open eyes to things that they normally wouldn't think. The article doesn't say that some big feed lots cram cows into filthy conditions, and therefore have to feed the antibiotics to stave off the creeping crud. It says farmers feed it, and that's what makes us look bad. The natural market is growing, and people are paying $5 - $6 a pound for hamburger that comes with the assurance that no steroids or antibiotics are present or fed routinely - or ever in some cases. If we are going to survive, we have to recognize that market. We evolve, or we die. [/QUOTE]
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