Tag: livestock
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Miranda Agrees with Us!
Yesterday, a funny/cool/coincidental thing happened: Crystal Cattle and I blogged about the same topic but used different sources to deliver the same message. How cool is social media? Anyway, Crystal featured a quote on farm animals not being pets by one of my all-time favorite artists, Miranda Lambert. I won’t repeat Crystal’s words but encourage…
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Agvocacy Down Under – Beef Edition
Two weekends ago, my hubby and I traveled to Sydney for the Royal Easter Show. To picture this event, think of a state fair in any well populated state. Ohio is pretty comparable as would be California, except the number of show hogs at Sydney was significantly lower than the States. Although it rained the…
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Can You Spot the Feedlot Beef Producer?
I am in the midst of compiling a master list of agricultural information and agvocacy videos to be posted on this blog as a separate page so that they’re easy to find for anyone who may be looking. This undertaking has entailed many hours of asking fellow agvocates for their favorite videos and conducting a…
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Kyla Clawson – KSU Agvocate in Action
About a month ago, the K-State Collegian printed an anti-meat article by none other than Beth Mendenhall. If you must, you can read that piece of work here. Most students would just grumble and say “that’s a load of bologna” and go on about their day – forgetting about the attacks on the meat and agriculture industry. Enter…
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Hollywood Scientist Set to Appear at Kansas State!
Photo courtesy of http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ Sorry for my hiatus in blogging, dear friends. Last week my project consumed my life and I just haven’t gotten back into the swing of blogging regularly. However, today I’ve got great news – which you may have already heard about but if not, check it out! Temple Grandin, PhD,…