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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 267"><p>Your concerns are valid. Public perception is probably the most important issue here. We have a small (but growing) number of radicals that believe that hormones are a terrible thing. Europe had their own committee (hand picked by them) to investigate hormones in beef (the Lamming Commission). This committee told the EU that there was no danger. The EU folded to public hysteria and banned hormone implanted beef. We must not give in to emotion and hysteria. However, if the public is willing to pay for the higher costs of production of non-implanted beef, then let's give it to them. Save for a few niche markets, the public hasn't offered to do this (yet). Many human doctors have said that they feel that the reason that we have soo many girls reaching puberty at such an early age is because of the estrogens in beef. To many people, this seems logical. In actuality the physiology is absolutely backwards. If you are familiar with hormonal implants, one of the concerns is using estrogen implants in replacement heifers. Why? Because they can actually retard the growth and development of the reproductive tract, thereby delaying the onset of puberty. There is so much misinformation flying around implants that we need to watch what we say. I would be the first to drop them if the public was willing to pay for the beef. It's like the vegetarians telling us how irresponsible we are feeding grain to cattle. They say we can feed the hungry in Africa with that grain. All we have to do is send it over there. I say, go ahead. Buy all the grain you want and send it over. These farmers struggling to survive would love to have another market. I've rambled long enough.</p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:mvvhosp@curtis-ne.com">mvvhosp@curtis-ne.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 267"] Your concerns are valid. Public perception is probably the most important issue here. We have a small (but growing) number of radicals that believe that hormones are a terrible thing. Europe had their own committee (hand picked by them) to investigate hormones in beef (the Lamming Commission). This committee told the EU that there was no danger. The EU folded to public hysteria and banned hormone implanted beef. We must not give in to emotion and hysteria. However, if the public is willing to pay for the higher costs of production of non-implanted beef, then let's give it to them. Save for a few niche markets, the public hasn't offered to do this (yet). Many human doctors have said that they feel that the reason that we have soo many girls reaching puberty at such an early age is because of the estrogens in beef. To many people, this seems logical. In actuality the physiology is absolutely backwards. If you are familiar with hormonal implants, one of the concerns is using estrogen implants in replacement heifers. Why? Because they can actually retard the growth and development of the reproductive tract, thereby delaying the onset of puberty. There is so much misinformation flying around implants that we need to watch what we say. I would be the first to drop them if the public was willing to pay for the beef. It's like the vegetarians telling us how irresponsible we are feeding grain to cattle. They say we can feed the hungry in Africa with that grain. All we have to do is send it over there. I say, go ahead. Buy all the grain you want and send it over. These farmers struggling to survive would love to have another market. I've rambled long enough. [email=mvvhosp@curtis-ne.com]mvvhosp@curtis-ne.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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