Tag: ranchers
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Blessings in disguise – Thanksgiving 2011
It’s officially Thanksgiving Thursday in Australia – I spent my turkey day blood sampling hogs and sheep and for Thanksgiving dinner Ninja, the rest of the research team and I are having chicken and chips from a local shop. Not the classiest but it’s as close as I’m going to get to turkey and stuffing this…
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A+ Agriculture Ambassador – Miss America
By now I’m guessing that you’ve at some point heard that Miss America 2011, Teresa Scanlan, is very pro-ag. She grew up in Nebraska while raising cattle with her family and has stayed true to her roots during her tenure as Miss America. Bravo. Last week, I talked about the pros and cons of Food Day…
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The Facts on Food Day 2011
Friend or foe? First off, let me say that I applaud an initiative that seeks to narrow the gap between rural producers and urban consumers. That is the whole point of advocacy and a national day that recognizes global hunger, environmental sustainability and the continued humane production of livestock is a giant step in the right direction. Food Day, which is…
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Live Export Ships
You may have read my blog posts about the Live Export Ban in Australia and the conditions that led to its initiation. If you haven’t, you may want to familiarize yourself with the issue. Read this first and this second. Ok – now that you’re caught up. Hubsy and I have had the privilege of being hosted in Perth for the past six…
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Practical People = Practical Solutions
While waiting to pick up cow manure at the Royal Melbourne Show yesterday, I was reading the newspaper. I ran across an article about farmers being upset with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for taking a more extreme stand on recent animal welfare issues in Australia. In the past, RSCPA…