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And that’s the way it is…..
….although no one is the Ag community talks about it. Health expert Dr. Joseph Mercola blows the whistle in the practice of dumping sewage sludge on pastures and crop lands. Several farms have down this in our area despite the serious concerns that have been raised about the practice. In our experience, the pastures look good the first year…but deteriorate rapidly. Wonder if the sludge kills the microbes in the soil? At least I’ve never noticed anyone doing a repeat treatment. Here’s the Mercola link: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2015/11/01/biosolids-fertilizer.aspx?e_cid=20151101Z1_DNL_art_1&utm_source=dnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art1&utm_campaign=20151101Z1&et_cid=DM89600&et_rid=1193536402
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Alright, this is political….
….I try to keep this blog away from politics but, reading between the lines, you can certainly tell I believe “that government is best which governs least”. And particularly when it comes to the food we eat. Yes, even the safety of the food we eat is not well-served by big government…not the federal government…or the EU…or the UN. And not by Democrats or Republicans, either! The agenda of big government is mass production because it is simplest to control. And the money is there in large-enough amounts to enable world-class graft and corruption. World-class politicians need world-class perks. And Big Government decided long ago on a political agenda that was…
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A first time for everything….
….Traditional Devon’s™ Churchill presented us with a new problem the other day. He had been dehorned several years ago but for some reason the “stump” had splintered and we found him in the pasture this way…an ugly sight but he didn’t seem particularly disturbed. We first thought one of two younger bulls had gotten into a “head-to-head” with him, testing his strength. But they seemed properly differential. It was also possible he had been scratching his head on a tree, and broke what was left of his horn. In any event, the wound was too serious to leave untreated. So veterinarian Monica O’Brien clipped off the broken ends and then cauterized…