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<blockquote data-quote="djinwa" data-source="post: 1307189" data-attributes="member: 8265"><p>I'm late to the discussion, but a few more points....</p><p></p><p>Instead of more government spending to enforce new regulations, we could correct much of the problem with less spending.</p><p></p><p>However, less spending is usually not an option, as the fed. gov't now exists to extract money from citizens and hand it to special interests. Then tell us how much they care about us. For example, they take billions from us, hand it to corn farmers in order to save us money on food? The more taken from us, the richer we get!</p><p></p><p>We subsidize corn, making it cheaper to feed to cattle, which weren't designed for it. Cattle on high levels of corn get sick and need antibiotics. Not to mention getting sick from stress of processing and hauling to feedlot. Less corn subsidies would favor more on-farm feeding and less illness requiring antibiotics. Grass farming as done by most here, would gain more advantage.</p><p></p><p>Then there is calf rearing in poor conditions with scour problems for which many see antibiotics as the solution.</p><p></p><p>With antibiotics available, we're able to make animals sick for financial gain. A bit of an ethics problem. While I'm a libertarian, not sure if such treatment of animals should be legal. </p><p></p><p>But having said that, federal laws result mostly from corporate lobbyists, so not good. Best to be from the grassroots, which requires education. More and more people are becoming aware of our food production system, so things will change. </p><p></p><p>I've seen on several forums antibiotics recommended for anything that limps, off feed for a day, scours, etc, etc. If in doubt, give antibiotics! Playing vet is fun, I guess, while prevention is boring.</p><p></p><p>This issue isn't going away, so to protect the future market, cattlemen should be self-policing and changing their practices and culture. Discourage antibiotics whenever possible, and practice good husbandry and feeding so antibiotics are not needed routinely.</p><p></p><p>Don't know if this will happen, as big money controls the game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="djinwa, post: 1307189, member: 8265"] I'm late to the discussion, but a few more points.... Instead of more government spending to enforce new regulations, we could correct much of the problem with less spending. However, less spending is usually not an option, as the fed. gov't now exists to extract money from citizens and hand it to special interests. Then tell us how much they care about us. For example, they take billions from us, hand it to corn farmers in order to save us money on food? The more taken from us, the richer we get! We subsidize corn, making it cheaper to feed to cattle, which weren't designed for it. Cattle on high levels of corn get sick and need antibiotics. Not to mention getting sick from stress of processing and hauling to feedlot. Less corn subsidies would favor more on-farm feeding and less illness requiring antibiotics. Grass farming as done by most here, would gain more advantage. Then there is calf rearing in poor conditions with scour problems for which many see antibiotics as the solution. With antibiotics available, we're able to make animals sick for financial gain. A bit of an ethics problem. While I'm a libertarian, not sure if such treatment of animals should be legal. But having said that, federal laws result mostly from corporate lobbyists, so not good. Best to be from the grassroots, which requires education. More and more people are becoming aware of our food production system, so things will change. I've seen on several forums antibiotics recommended for anything that limps, off feed for a day, scours, etc, etc. If in doubt, give antibiotics! Playing vet is fun, I guess, while prevention is boring. This issue isn't going away, so to protect the future market, cattlemen should be self-policing and changing their practices and culture. Discourage antibiotics whenever possible, and practice good husbandry and feeding so antibiotics are not needed routinely. Don't know if this will happen, as big money controls the game. [/QUOTE]
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