Soapweed said:
Tam, I just finished reading your guest editorial in the latest issue of the Tri-State Livestock News. What you had to say concerning "R-Calf's fear mongering" makes a lot of sense.
Really hope they don't shoot themselves in the foot, and take down all other cattlemen with the same bullet. :?
Soapweed, I've wondered about that very thing. The fact that there are some really big players in the cattle business involved, if not in the front lines, definitely behind the scenes in R-CALF and/or affiliated orgs, (OCM, LMA to name only two of several), which makes me wonder if they think no matter how bad it gets their operations will survive and be able to make it big on picking up the pieces of the cattle producing industry.
The damage R-CALF and friends are doing to the "establishment" structure of the beef industry makes no sense, and the leaders are not stupid people. Taking care of "the little guy" cannot be a high priority or they would not be working to harm the most efficient, effective cattle/beef industry structure in the world, especially at a time when cattle prices have never been better. Working to assure continued and increasing beef demand is far more effective in helping ALL cattle producers.
Tam, I concur with Soapweed on your thought provoking article in the TSLN. Great job!
And our family really appreciates that TSLN prints all sides in this tragic wrangle in the cattle/beef industry. They probably could do as the radio stations do, and tell us we can buy air time to tell our story or to correct outright lies about the Beef checkoff and NCBA. That is what I have been told when complaining of the tired old false claims of "NCBA is using your checkoff dollars against you" STILL being made nearly on a weekly basis on some auction market "reports" on SD radio stations.
MRJ