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Mike Rowe: Friend of Agriculture
At the 2009 National FFA Convention, one of the keynote speakers was Mike Rowe, host of the highly successful show “Dirty Jobs.” Now, among all FFA speakers, Mike spoke to the audience about working hard, being driven and not waiting until it’s too late to start influencing those around you. He also spoke about animal…
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Legislation to cut use of antibiotics is supported strongly in D.C
Unfortunately, that title is true. PAMTA (Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act) is being backed strongly by over 100 representatives. The legislations has several stated purposes: The proposed legislation seeks to eliminate the “non-therapeutic” use of antibiotic drugs considered important for human health. The intent of the legislation is to decrease the development of…
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“Nature is cruel but we don’t have to be” – Temple Grandin
Well, I just finished watching ‘Temple Grandin’ and it was fabulous. It solidified my desire to work with her on both my Master’s projects and also attend CSU to pursue my PhD. If you missed it, it will be on HBO again at 10:45. You can look up a program schedule for the next two weeks…
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Despite consumer protests, Yellow Tail follows through with HSUS Donation
If you checked on either my blog, Agropinion or Advocates for Agriculture, you would have seen the cry for action from agriculturalists. Yellow Tail wines pledged $100,000 to HSUS to help ‘save puppies and kittens’. Upon hearing this, agriculturalists from across the nation posted on Yellow Tail’s page their disgust with the decision and supposedly Yellow Tail was…
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Yellow Tail wine to support HSUS!
I read this on Troy Hadrick’s Advocates for Agriculture blog – Yellow Tail wines is pledging $100,000 to HSUS in order to help save puppies and kittens etc. The news was released in an article by the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance yesterday. I have cut and pasted the entire article below for your reading displeasure. U.S. Sportmen’s…