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beanplanter
Posted 6/5/2019 15:28 (#7543031 - in reply to #7542986)
Subject: RE: Fair Oaks dairy


Missouri

Big Ben - 6/5/2019 13:50
TP from Central PA - 6/5/2019 10:29 +1......that was my point I was making on the other board.....when you milk the cows, stay up all night with a heifer because of a potential delivery issue, take a sick calf into the warm house basement in the winter, etc. you have a better appreciation for everything, take care of it, and respect it. That is lost with these big operators and the chain of command, because even if the higher ups care, the grunts doing the work might not.
You guys are choosing strange bedfellows if you’re siding with the animal activists to throw your own industry under the bus in regard to videos like this. The people that produce these (and they are produced, they don’t just happen) aren’t advocating going back to family scale dairies. They want animal ag eliminated, period. You are cutting off your nose to spite your face by siding with the activists.


Stating basic facts is not getting into bed with the enemy. It's taking a step back and being honest about the situation.

The industry is obviously open to being taken advantage of due to it's need for cheap labor for menial jobs. It's no longer the wife tending to the babies and kid #1 and #2 milking the cows. Some of the workers may just be terrible people, they may just be temporarily employed while searching for a job they appreciate, the wages may just leave them open to corruption, or they may actually be the enemy. Expecting someone to be able to sort through that mess with near perfection when interviewing today's employment pool is a nearly unattainable goal. Ownership not being hands on with the day to day activities only makes it even more impossible.

I know a young female borderline animal rights activist who is nearly vegan that has worked at two different hog farms due to addiction problems and being down on her luck. Obviously, neither farm knew who they really hired and should thank their lucky stars she wasn't offered a lump sum to make some quick videos.

Other industries are just as exposed, however people have accepted, or ignored, that their shoes are made in sweat shops half way around the globe and their phones are put together by people who's own country has been know to let them starve. Those employees just may sacrifice their lives if they rolled on their employer. That risk doesn't exist here in the States.

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