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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1744787" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>There is a lot of talk about the use of antibiotics. Justified talk. We in the rural community are concerned about the overuse of antibiotics too. We recognize that antibiotics can be abused and often are. WE AGREE that there is a problem.</p><p></p><p>Most of the abuse involved with antibiotics is by large corporate farms that put antibiotics in feed as a standard practice, and that practice is supposed to have been stopped.</p><p></p><p>So now there is some legislation being proposed that ANY use of antibiotics must be by prescription only.</p><p></p><p>Farmers know when their livestock is sick, and they know how to treat the animals they care for in almost every case. They can give an animal a shot of penicillin.</p><p></p><p>But if antibiotics are by prescription only then that means every time an animal needs antibiotics we will need to call the veterinarian. Vets are expensive. A vet call to the farm is serious business, because most animals, sheep, hogs, chickens, etc. are monetarily worth less than the cost of a visit by a vet. It is difficult to justify a $150 vet bill to save an animal that will sell for a hundred dollars or less… IF the animal even survives.</p><p></p><p>Farmers care about their animals… but they must survive or they lose their way of life. We WANT to care for our animals. It is in our best interests to take good care of our animals, both emotionally and financially.</p><p></p><p>But this law will kill a lot of animals that would otherwise be saved easily… over a concern that doesn't exist.</p><p></p><p>And this leads to one of the most insidious lies told and believed by urban people with no real experience with farming.</p><p></p><p>I can't tell you how many times I've heard someone say that, "Farmers abuse animals so they can make more money." A patently untrue statement that sells because it triggers the emotions of people with no real knowledge.</p><p></p><p>It is an irrefutable fact… FACT… that animals gain more weight, lay more eggs, give more milk, and breed easier, if they are healthy and comfortable. Agricultural schools are teaching future farmers how to make higher profits… by training them how to treat their animals well.</p><p></p><p>These two examples of urban group-think have no place in reality, and farmers have to live with the ramifications.</p><p></p><p>And because of these misperceptions from urban people that feel so very, extremely justified in placing controls on farmers from afar (as we grow the very food that keeps you and your children alive and healthy) we feel abused by ignorance and by the government.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1744787, member: 42463"] There is a lot of talk about the use of antibiotics. Justified talk. We in the rural community are concerned about the overuse of antibiotics too. We recognize that antibiotics can be abused and often are. WE AGREE that there is a problem. Most of the abuse involved with antibiotics is by large corporate farms that put antibiotics in feed as a standard practice, and that practice is supposed to have been stopped. So now there is some legislation being proposed that ANY use of antibiotics must be by prescription only. Farmers know when their livestock is sick, and they know how to treat the animals they care for in almost every case. They can give an animal a shot of penicillin. But if antibiotics are by prescription only then that means every time an animal needs antibiotics we will need to call the veterinarian. Vets are expensive. A vet call to the farm is serious business, because most animals, sheep, hogs, chickens, etc. are monetarily worth less than the cost of a visit by a vet. It is difficult to justify a $150 vet bill to save an animal that will sell for a hundred dollars or less… IF the animal even survives. Farmers care about their animals… but they must survive or they lose their way of life. We WANT to care for our animals. It is in our best interests to take good care of our animals, both emotionally and financially. But this law will kill a lot of animals that would otherwise be saved easily… over a concern that doesn't exist. And this leads to one of the most insidious lies told and believed by urban people with no real experience with farming. I can't tell you how many times I've heard someone say that, "Farmers abuse animals so they can make more money." A patently untrue statement that sells because it triggers the emotions of people with no real knowledge. It is an irrefutable fact… FACT… that animals gain more weight, lay more eggs, give more milk, and breed easier, if they are healthy and comfortable. Agricultural schools are teaching future farmers how to make higher profits… by training them how to treat their animals well. These two examples of urban group-think have no place in reality, and farmers have to live with the ramifications. And because of these misperceptions from urban people that feel so very, extremely justified in placing controls on farmers from afar (as we grow the very food that keeps you and your children alive and healthy) we feel abused by ignorance and by the government. [/QUOTE]
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