Some management practices & technologies are more controversial. Have you stopped using some for this reason?
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mpaynknoper:
RT @agchat: Q6 - Some Mgmt practices & technologies are more controversial. Have you stopped using some for this reason? #agchat
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agchat:
Please remember to use Q6, Q7, etc with your responses it helps with archiving the data #agchat
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montserratlj:
RT @agchat Q6 ...Some Mgmt practices & technologies are more controversial. Have U stopped using some 4 this reason? #agchat
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sollmana:
Q6: We've never used gestation crates (not enough animals, no need) so group pens into farrowing crates is the norm #agchat
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AgriLawyer:
Q6: Can't speak to personal exp. here, but I hope the controversy causes producers to at lease examine concerns before any action. #agchat
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ezweber:
Q6: we went organic- I guess that answers the question quite nicely #agchat
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iTweetMeat:
Q6 Mny processors don't use irradiation b/c of pub skepticism; More and more farmers bypass Pasteurization b/c of pub misinformation #agchat
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sollmana:
Q6: Recent research showing no real difference clipping teeth. This winter's litters will be un-clipped. #agchat
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leahbeyer:
Q6: We need to remember that what is legal is not always perceived right by neighbors. i.e. land application of manure #agchat
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AgriLawyer:
Q6: Even if one decides to stay with familiar methods, I hope its based on rational decision weighing in all factors. #agchat
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cowartandmore:
Q6 I don't recommend tail docking. No need and painful if not done correctly.
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JulieMett:
Eagerly trying to read all the Q6. My answer is: we are skeptical about the super-hi density mob grazing. Doesn't seem right. #agchat
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JMJLaurent:
Q6 Some dairys in our area dock tails. I don't-never have. It is a visual I prefer not to have in my pasture. #agchat
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DayAngus:
Q6 economics, well-documented sound science, and practical for my operation to use a practice and technology #agchat
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dairylu:
Q6 We no longer dock tails on our cows, but that was our choice, not necessarily pressure. #agchat
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UddertechInc:
Q6 some others, the way we manage our crops-water, manure, tillage-mainly b/c better ways were found-not necessarily scrutiny #agchat
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cowartandmore:
Q6 If a farm asks me to dehorn and castrate, I always use local anesthesia and/or pain control meds. #agchat
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iTweetMeat:
Or not a choice in CA RT @dairylu: Q6 We no longer dock tails on our cows, but that was our choice, not necessarily pressure. #agchat
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DayAngus:
Agree RT @AgriLawyer: Q6: Even if 1 decides 2 stay w/familiar methods, I hope its based on rational decision weighing all factors. #agchat
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sollmana:
Q6: We docking lamb tails longer-at least fit a pencil under. Still gets at sanitation, but better 4 animal & reduces prolapses. #agchat
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WillRogersToday:
Q6. Not easy choice. Use no-till with Roundup, or go organic and plow with more soil erosion? #agchat
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TEFGal:
Q6 Apply manure based on soil fertility. Group housing with RFID tags. Low till practices #agchat
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dairylu:
Q6 There are several antibiotics that are no longer available for food animal uses. #agchat
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agropinion:
Q6 the controversy over hormones means we can sell hormone free beef for a premium #agchat.
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JMJLaurent:
Q6 I try to be aware of what my farm looks like to non-Ag folks who drive past. I want it to be a good image. #agchat
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JeffFowle:
Catalfold here. RT @sollmana: Q6: We dock lambs tails longer. Still gets at sanitation, but better 4 animal & reduces prolapses. #agchat
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PennyFull:
RT @JMJLaurent: Q6 I try to be aware of what my farm looks like to non-Ag folks who drive past. I want it to be a good image. #agchat
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AWAapproved:
RT @JMJLaurent: Q6 Some dairys in our area dock tails. I dont-never have. It is a visual I prefer not to have in my pasture. #agchat
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cowartandmore:
Because of preserving human safety! RT @dairylu: Q6 There are several antibiotics that are no longer available for food animal uses. #agchat
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ezweber:
RT @JMJLaurent: Q6 I try to be aware of what my farm looks like to non-Ag folks who drive past. I want it to be a good image. #agchat
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DayAngus:
RT @JMJLaurent: Q6 I try 2 B aware of wht my farm looks lk 2 non-Ag folks who drive past. I wnt it 2 B a gd image. #agchat
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JeffFowle:
Very important! RT @JMJLaurent: Q6 I try 2Baware of what farm looks like 2 non-Ag folks who drive past. I want it 2B a good image. #agchat
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mlewindy:
Q6 Going Organic, or Natural or Non rBST or hormone free.. Pits farmer agains farmer..#agchat
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PotatoPro:
@PennyFull Q6 Probably Yes. But if the image is too different from the reality the whole construct will fall down hard one day #agchat
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montserratlj:
I'm not sure I want to know what tail-docking is and I'm afraid to look for Google or Bing images. #agchat Q6
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Porkchop1950:
Q6, Foster the fact that compost application can work hand in hand with commercial application grow a crop improve the soil. #agchat
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iTweetMeat:
No doubt. Esp since "hormone-free" is a LIE. RT @mlewindy: Q6 Going Organic, or Natural or Non rBST or hormone free. #agchat
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WillRogersToday:
Q6. One farmer's "poison" is another farmer's pathway to weedfree fields, higher yields, and higher Productivity. #agchat
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lavielamour:
Q6 I prfer not to dock tails, on the animals I own so I don't. We also use more natural prods before reaching for AB in mast cases #agchat
agchat: Q6 via @cownutritionist - Some Mgmt practices & technologies are more controversial. Have U stopped using some 4 this reason? #agchat
drewbender: RT Q6 via @cownutritionist - Some Mgmt practices & technologies are more controversial. Have U stopped using some 4 this reason? #agchat
mpaynknoper: RT @agchat: Q6 - Some Mgmt practices & technologies are more controversial. Have you stopped using some for this reason? #agchat
cownutritionist: RT @agchat: Q6 - Some Mgmt practices & technologies are more controversial. Have U stopped using some 4 this reason? #agchat
montserratlj: RT @agchat Q6 ...Some Mgmt practices & technologies are more controversial. Have U stopped using some 4 this reason? #agchat
AgriLawyer: Q6: Can't speak to personal exp. here, but I hope the controversy causes producers to at lease examine concerns before any action. #agchat
iTweetMeat: Q6 Mny processors don't use irradiation b/c of pub skepticism; More and more farmers bypass Pasteurization b/c of pub misinformation #agchat
cowartandmore: RT @agchat: Q6 via @cownutritionist - Some Mgmt practices & technologies are more controversial. Have U stopped using some 4 this reason? #agchat
JMJLaurent: Q6 Some dairys in our area dock tails. I don't-never have. It is a visual I prefer not to have in my pasture. #agchat
FarmerHaley: RT @ezweber: Q6: we went organic- I guess that answers the question quite nicely #agchat
UddertechInc: Q6 some others, the way we manage our crops-water, manure, tillage-mainly b/c better ways were found-not necessarily scrutiny #agchat
WillRogersToday: Q6. Not easy choice. Use no-till with Roundup, or go organic and plow with more soil erosion? #agchat
KyFarmersMatter: Q6 I do not use ionophores cuz they r mis-classified IMO by FDA as AB's #agchat
organicnymilk1: Q6 We decided to pass on the poisons. #agchat
agropinion: Q6 the controversy over hormones means we can sell hormone free beef for a premium #agchat.
MarksKiosk: Marketing...gotta love it. RT @agropinion: Q6 controversy over hormones means we can sell hormone free beef for a premium #agchat. #agchat
PennyFull: RT @JMJLaurent: Q6 I try to be aware of what my farm looks like to non-Ag folks who drive past. I want it to be a good image. #agchat
Kansas_Farmer: YES! RT @JMJLaurent: Q6 I try to be aware of what my farm looks like to non-Ag folks who drive past. I want it to be a good image. #agchat
yourlocalfoods: Q6 @JMJLaurent tail-docking is still affecting your industry rep if anyone does it. So who should end it? HSUS? #agchat
AWAapproved: RT @JMJLaurent: Q6 Some dairys in our area dock tails. I dont-never have. It is a visual I prefer not to have in my pasture. #agchat
sssisk: RT @JeffFowle: Very important! RT @JMJLaurent: Q6 I try 2Baware of what farm looks like 2 non-Ag folks who drive past. I want it 2B a good image. #agchat
akleinschmidt: Critical! RT @JeffFowle Very important! RT @JMJLaurent: Q6 I try 2Baware of what farm looks like 2 non-Ag folks who drive past. #agchat
PotatoPro: @PennyFull Q6 Probably Yes. But if the image is too different from the reality the whole construct will fall down hard one day #agchat
phildawgkey: Could not agree more. RT @mlewindy: Q6 Going Organic, or Natural or Non rBST or hormone free.. Pits farmer agains farmer..#agchat #agchat
Porkchop1950: Q6, Foster the fact that compost application can work hand in hand with commercial application grow a crop improve the soil. #agchat
lavielamour: Q6 I prfer not to dock tails, on the animals I own so I don't. We also use more natural prods before reaching for AB in mast cases #agchat