Meruru
User
Junior Member
| Posts: 19 |   |
Karma: 0
|
US Farmers' Hideous Pursuit Of Profit - 2007/01/12 14:56
US Farmers' Hideous Pursuit Of Profit
London Daily Mail (First Published 6-12-99)
12-28-03
Amid the heat and dirt of a cattle ranch in the far north of Montana last week a grotesque and painful struggle was taking place. This remote region, a place of tough, pragmatic people, has become a testing ground for cattle farming methods which are so brutal they shock even the beef barons of America's Mid West. On this particular ranch, thousands of cattle had been corralled into a series of steel pens, called feedlots, around 200 to each. There was no shade, no shelter and no grass on the ground, only dust. On one side of each feedlot was a trough containing herbicide-soaked grain.
All of the cattle were enormous--the result of the grain diet and a series of steroid hormone implants inserted under the skin behind their ears. At least one of the hormones is feared to cause cancer in humans.
Because the cattle were carrying so much weight, and because their digestive systems are designed for grass not grain, some of the cattle's internal organs had fallen out. And because it would be too expensive to call a vet out to treat these problems a couple of sweating, panting farm hands in cowboy hats were going from cow to cow prising their organs back inside and stitching up the cows.
As (former beef rancher, now vegan) Howard Lyman explains:
'You get paid by the pound, after all. And cattle don't win any prizes for keeping their figures.' (www.madcowboy.com -ed)
'I spent countless hours stuffing 25lb of cow back inside the animal and then sewing the wound, the whole force of a 600lb heifer straining against me.'
Already this year Europe and the United States have gone to the brink of an all-out trade war over bananas and crossed swords over the issue of the labelling of GM foods. Now the new battleground is hormones in beef.
Next Tuesday the European Union will impose a new ban on all imports of American beef, believing that even stocks labelled steroid-free are frequently full of hormones.
The Americans plan to retaliate by imposing 125 million
POUNDS-worth of import duties on European products as diverse as pears, chewing gum and motorcycles.
AS the trans-Atlantic dispute threatens to degenerate into all-out trade war, the Daily Mail has investigated the many bizarre and potentially dangerous ways in which American farmers are fooling around with nature.
WHAT we discovered will make any British consumer think twice before they bite into another American steak or burger.
At roughly the same time that the two Montana cowboys were going about their unedifying task, a herd of dairy cows 900 miles to the east in Cedar Falls, Iowa, was undergoing its fortnightly injection of a genetically engineered growth hormone called Bovine somatropin (BST) Some research claims the hormone has been blamed for wiping out almost 20 percent of some herds. The cows' immune systems become impaired, increasing their vulnerability to severe bladder and udder infections.
It is also claimed that BST also weakens their skeletons by draining calcium from their bones. Many cows which survive are unable to stand because their bones are too weak.
BST, which manufacturer Monsanto insists is safe, is another drug that has been linked to cancer in humans. However, it boosts milk production by up to a quarter. And when the cows have been pushed to the limits of their endurance, the farm hands follow up the hormone jabs with large doses of antibiotics to try to ward off infection.
The statistics are indeed terrifying. At least one in six farmers injects his cows with genetically engineered growth hormone.
Around 90 pc of the 29 billion lb of beef consumed by
Americans each year comes from cattle which have been fattened by hormone implants. For pork, the figure is almost
100 percent.
'There are some really terrifying things happening in the
American food industry', says Ronnie Cummins, director of the country's Pure Food Campaign. 'But there has been very little research carried out here into the effects of hormones
'One reason why the U.S. does not want hormonal beef to be labelled as such if it goes on sale in European supermarkets is that people over there wouldn't buy it. But the second is that people here would start asking, "Well, why don't we have the same labels?" And they really can't afford for that to happen.'
The American meat industry today is a far cry from the Wild
West days when cattle were allowed to roam free on the range.
Calves are allowed to run with their mothers for six to 11 months and then herded into feedlots. There are now 42,000 feedlot ranches in the major cattlegrowing states and around half the country's 100 million cattle are confined within them.
Some farmers using feedlots have begun research trials adding
to reduce costs. Other factory farms add manure from the chicken houses and pigpens making the United States the only
Western nation where it is legal to feed raw manure to cattle.
Farmers are even reported to have experimented with cement dust, which is said to have produced a 30pc faster weight gain.
Popular posts by Meruru
High Levels Of 14 Toxins In Farm-Ra...
Mad Cow, Alzheimer's and CJD
The "ar" rump
|
|
|
| | | post reply |
kungfuhippies
User
Junior Member
| Posts: 26 | |
Karma: 0
|
re:US Farmers' Hideous Pursuit Of Profit - 2007/01/12 20:38
No, that's a lie. You believe ALL that weird shit.
It's fully documented in the Google archives.
You believe in all the weird shit listed:
"veganism" "inner earth beings" "hollow earth" that goofy patent for a MANUFACTURED globe your helium-inflated number(s) for feed:beef rain forest destruction Brazil's exports (based on *Argentina's* trade)
Stolen French flying saucer Zapper Foot massage (as cure-all)
Astrology Numerology Alien abduction Holocaust denial Leprechauns Channeling Polar fountains Sun gazing Chemtrails AIDS and ebola conspiracy theory Crop circles sexually aroused by violent ex-convicts participation in skinhead subculture the validity of online IQ tests crackpot 9-11 conspiracy theories
Popular posts by kungfuhippies
Valid vs. Invalid - Dreck fucks it ...
Stop running away from it, Karen
Question for AR opponents
|
|
|
| | | post reply |
Meruru
User
Junior Member
| Posts: 19 | |
Karma: 0
|
re:US Farmers' Hideous Pursuit Of Profit - 2007/01/13 00:24
Your posting a list containing proven untruths, underlines your complete and utter lack of honesty, credibility and all decency.
You are a FAILED human being, a foul liar, and an idiot to boot, ball. http://www.iol.ie/~creature/boiled%20ball.html
You're a loser, ball, and you only have your sorry self to blame.
Popular posts by Meruru
High Levels Of 14 Toxins In Farm-Ra...
Mad Cow, Alzheimer's and CJD
The "ar" rump
|
|
|
| | | post reply |
kungfuhippies
User
Junior Member
| Posts: 26 | |
Karma: 0
|
re:US Farmers' Hideous Pursuit Of Profit - 2007/01/13 04:28
Neither, you HIV-dispensing slut.
Lyman is a crackpot, just like you. He also went bankrupt as a so-called "rancher".
You believe in all the weird shit listed:
"veganism" "inner earth beings" "hollow earth" that goofy patent for a MANUFACTURED globe your helium-inflated number(s) for feed:beef rain forest destruction Brazil's exports (based on *Argentina's* trade)
Stolen French flying saucer Zapper Foot massage (as cure-all)
Astrology Numerology Alien abduction Holocaust denial Leprechauns Channeling Polar fountains Sun gazing Chemtrails AIDS and ebola conspiracy theory Crop circles sexually aroused by violent ex-convicts participation in skinhead subculture the validity of online IQ tests crackpot 9-11 conspiracy theories
Popular posts by kungfuhippies
Valid vs. Invalid - Dreck fucks it ...
Stop running away from it, Karen
Question for AR opponents
|
|
|
| | | post reply |
Meruru
User
Junior Member
| Posts: 19 | |
Karma: 0
|
re:US Farmers' Hideous Pursuit Of Profit - 2007/01/13 09:13
Everything that issues from you is shite, filthy liar ball.
"Faking quotes, forged posts, lies, filth, harassment" http://www.iol.ie/~creature/boiled%20ball.html
Popular posts by Meruru
High Levels Of 14 Toxins In Farm-Ra...
Mad Cow, Alzheimer's and CJD
The "ar" rump
|
|
|
| | | post reply |
kungfuhippies
User
Junior Member
| Posts: 26 | |
Karma: 0
|
re:US Farmers' Hideous Pursuit Of Profit - 2007/01/13 13:04
Personally, I consider several aspects of the source.
One is that the post was from a demented Irish prostitute named Lesley, posting under the pseudonym 'Pearl'. Lesley has a long, unhappy and *demonstrated* history of belief in weird pseudoscience; a lengthy list of her weird beliefs, which is *not* comprehensive, follows. Secondly, she cites two other thoroughly discredited sources, Howard Lyman and Jeff
Rense. Lyman is often listed as a "former rancher".
What the idiots who view him as an "authority" fail to state is that he is a FAILED rancher; he went bankrupt, in one of the most protected industries in the U.S.
Rense is just an extremist conspiracy nut, and also the source for almost all of the crap the Irish whore
Lesley believes.
Here is a *non*-comprehensive list of the Irish slut
Lesley's weird beliefs:
"veganism" "inner earth beings" "hollow earth" that goofy patent for a MANUFACTURED globe your helium-inflated number(s) for feed:beef rain forest destruction Brazil's exports (based on *Argentina's* trade)
Stolen French flying saucer Zapper Foot massage (as cure-all)
Astrology Numerology Alien abduction Holocaust denial Leprechauns Channeling Polar fountains Sun gazing Chemtrails AIDS and ebola conspiracy theory Crop circles sexually aroused by violent ex-convicts participation in skinhead subculture the validity of online IQ tests crackpot 9-11 conspiracy theories
Popular posts by kungfuhippies
Valid vs. Invalid - Dreck fucks it ...
Stop running away from it, Karen
Question for AR opponents
|
|
|
| | | post reply |
kungfuhippies
User
Junior Member
| Posts: 26 | |
Karma: 0
|
re:US Farmers' Hideous Pursuit Of Profit - 2007/01/13 16:42
...makes you look like the utter fool and pseudo-science-spewing whore that you are.
You believe in all the weird shit listed:
"veganism" "inner earth beings" "hollow earth" that goofy patent for a MANUFACTURED globe your helium-inflated number(s) for feed:beef rain forest destruction Brazil's exports (based on *Argentina's* trade)
Stolen French flying saucer Zapper Foot massage (as cure-all)
Astrology Numerology Alien abduction Holocaust denial Leprechauns Channeling Polar fountains Sun gazing Chemtrails AIDS and ebola conspiracy theory Crop circles sexually aroused by violent ex-convicts participation in skinhead subculture the validity of online IQ tests crackpot 9-11 conspiracy theories
Popular posts by kungfuhippies
Valid vs. Invalid - Dreck fucks it ...
Stop running away from it, Karen
Question for AR opponents
|
|
|
| | | post reply |
kungfuhippies
User
Junior Member
| Posts: 26 | |
Karma: 0
|
re:US Farmers' Hideous Pursuit Of Profit - 2007/01/13 17:15
Here is a *non*-comprehensive list of the Irish slut
Lesley's weird beliefs:
"veganism" "inner earth beings" "hollow earth" that goofy patent for a MANUFACTURED globe your helium-inflated number(s) for feed:beef rain forest destruction Brazil's exports (based on *Argentina's* trade)
Stolen French flying saucer Zapper Foot massage (as cure-all)
Astrology Numerology Alien abduction Holocaust denial Leprechauns Channeling Polar fountains Sun gazing Chemtrails AIDS and ebola conspiracy theory Crop circles sexually aroused by violent ex-convicts participation in skinhead subculture the validity of online IQ tests crackpot 9-11 conspiracy theories
Popular posts by kungfuhippies
Valid vs. Invalid - Dreck fucks it ...
Stop running away from it, Karen
Question for AR opponents
|
|
|
| | | post reply |
ilovekariz
User
Newbie
| Posts: 5 | |
Karma: 0
|
re:US Farmers' Hideous Pursuit Of Profit - 2007/01/13 22:28
Yes I know very well what vaginal prolapse is. I am an RN and have seen it in women many times and in cattle a couple of times. I am glad you posted this. It proves your original post is a fantasy.
First you posted:
"On this particular ranch, thousands of cattle had been corralled into a series of steel pens, called feedlots, around 200 to each."
Then you posted the message at the top of this post that clearly states
"PREGNANT CATTLE". Pregnant cows are not, can not be kept in feed lots. It is true that cows like people, dogs, cats and other mamals can suffer prolapse but very, very rare in steers in a feed lot.
Your fist message was full of propaganda and half trueths like the one I just pointed out.
Kala Thompson
Richland Center, Wi
Popular posts by ilovekariz
Benifits of milk
Give me a break!
|
|
|
| | | post reply |
kungfuhippies
User
Junior Member
| Posts: 26 | |
Karma: 0
|
re:US Farmers' Hideous Pursuit Of Profit - 2007/01/13 22:52
Howard Lyman is a FAILED cowboy, and a quack.
Popular posts by kungfuhippies
Valid vs. Invalid - Dreck fucks it ...
Stop running away from it, Karen
Question for AR opponents
|
|
|
| | | post reply |
Meruru
User
Junior Member
| Posts: 19 | |
Karma: 0
|
re:US Farmers' Hideous Pursuit Of Profit - 2007/01/14 00:41
<..>
Your posting a list containing proven untruths underlines your complete and utter lack of honesty, credibility and all decency.
Your lies certainly are.
You are a FAILED human being, a foul liar, and an idiot to boot, ball. http://www.iol.ie/~creature/boiled%20ball.html
You're a loser, ball, and you only have your sorry self to blame.
Popular posts by Meruru
High Levels Of 14 Toxins In Farm-Ra...
Mad Cow, Alzheimer's and CJD
The "ar" rump
|
|
|
| | | post reply |
Meruru
User
Junior Member
| Posts: 19 | |
Karma: 0
|
re:US Farmers' Hideous Pursuit Of Profit - 2007/01/14 04:29
Heifers that weigh 600lbs wouldn't be pregnant either. What you snipped however, offers a partial explanation for increased likelihood of prolapse in feedlot cattle; "Overly fat cattle and cattle on pasture with a high legume concentration are at higher risk.", and "increased pressure in the abdominal cavity [as in pregnancy] will push the vagina or the rectum out.". The author attributed the common occurance of prolapse in his cattle to their overweight condition and 'intestinal upset', -- and an animal in sub-optimal health might suffer from poor muscle-tone. In addition, it is possible that the high-grain feed used contains/contained mycotoxins, which also bring about prolapse.
[Effects of mycotoxins in feed .. ' .. vaginal or rectal prolapse may occur.
.. The effects of mycotoxins are amplified by production stress. High producing dairy cows and rapidly growing feedlot cattle are more susceptible to the effects of mycotoxins than low producing animals. '
http://www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/livestock/dairy/herd/food/mico2.html ]
Show us where.
No, I do not believe that the author was lying. To put one's credibility on the line by telling porkies that could be easily found out is counterproductive.
Kala, whilst on this topic of prolapse, would you care to explain to us why cattle farmers commonly (always?) set about dragging a calf from it's mother's womb with ropes, chains(?), and brute force, when this practice seems more than likely to result in a far higher incidence of injury and uterine prolapse?
Popular posts by Meruru
High Levels Of 14 Toxins In Farm-Ra...
Mad Cow, Alzheimer's and CJD
The "ar" rump
|
|
|
| | | post reply |
Meruru
User
Junior Member
| Posts: 19 | |
Karma: 0
|
re:US Farmers' Hideous Pursuit Of Profit - 2007/01/14 06:03
Mad Cowboy: The Cattle Rancher Who WonÂ’t Eat Meat
- A self-described "mad cowboy" describes his journey from feedlot operator to vegetarian activist.
By Howard F. Lyman with Glen Merzer
'Around 1970, after I acquired more cattle than I could possibly allow to graze on my fields, I simply put them in confinement and converted a grazing operation into a feedlot. I corralled the animals in roofless pens, 100 or 200 in each, with a trough for feed on one side of the pen. And I embraced the fundamental challenge of the feedlot operator: to make the cattle grow as big and fat as possible, as quickly as possible. I learned how to alter my cattleÂ’s natural dietary habits. Whereas my father and grandfather raised cattle almost completely on grass and roughage, I now cut out their grazing rights and fed them only roughage, grain, and protein concentrates. Gradually I increased the percentage of grain until they were 90% grain-fed. This made their meat extremely fatty and gave it the nice white flecks you see in the better cuts of beef in your grocery stores.
This diet also, unfortunately, upsets the cowÂ’s natural digestive system, which was designed for grass, not grain. As a consequence, many of my animals suffered vaginal and rectal prolapses-- organs that belonged on the inside of the cow fell out. It was too expensive to call a vet every time this happened, so I spent countless hours stuffing twenty-five pounds of cow back inside the animal and then sewing the wound, the whole force of a six-hundred-pound heifer straining against me. I have been out of cattle farming for fifteen years now, and I will go back to it the day I wake up with a burning desire to perform another bovine rectal prolapse operation.
Popular posts by Meruru
High Levels Of 14 Toxins In Farm-Ra...
Mad Cow, Alzheimer's and CJD
The "ar" rump
|
|
|
| | | post reply |
Meruru
User
Junior Member
| Posts: 19 | |
Karma: 0
|
re:US Farmers' Hideous Pursuit Of Profit - 2007/01/14 06:41
Vaginal/rectal prolapse
Causes: The tissue around the birth canal becomes relaxed as the cow starts the last third of gestation, increased pressure in the abdominal cavity will push the vagina or the rectum out. If the tissue is trapped outside the birth canal it will swell and may become infected. In some cases the bladder is also trapped and the animal is unable to urinate. This condition is more common in older cows. Overly fat cattle and cattle on pasture with a high legume concentration are at higher risk.
Treatment: Epidural anesthetic is usually necessary. Replace the tissue and suture in place. Vaginal sutures must be removed before calving
Prevention: Remove animals from the breeding herd that develop this condition. Don't allow cows to gain too much weight during the last trimester of pregnancy.
Popular posts by Meruru
High Levels Of 14 Toxins In Farm-Ra...
Mad Cow, Alzheimer's and CJD
The "ar" rump
|
|
|
| | | post reply |
Meruru
User
Junior Member
| Posts: 19 | |
Karma: 0
|
re:US Farmers' Hideous Pursuit Of Profit - 2007/01/14 09:33
If you set follow-ups, please indicate that in your post.
Now would be a very good time for small farmers that engage in good farming practices to obtain organic certification, if they haven't already.
At present, that's the only way US consumers have of knowing exactly what they're buying.
Popular posts by Meruru
High Levels Of 14 Toxins In Farm-Ra...
Mad Cow, Alzheimer's and CJD
The "ar" rump
|
|
|
| | | post reply |
ilovekariz
User
Newbie
| Posts: 5 | |
Karma: 0
|
re:US Farmers' Hideous Pursuit Of Profit - 2007/01/14 11:01
On one side of each feedlot
Popular posts by ilovekariz
Benifits of milk
Give me a break!
|
|
|
| | | post reply |
Meruru
User
Junior Member
| Posts: 19 | |
Karma: 0
|
re:US Farmers' Hideous Pursuit Of Profit - 2007/01/14 14:43
You are a FAILED human being, and a liar.
Popular posts by Meruru
High Levels Of 14 Toxins In Farm-Ra...
Mad Cow, Alzheimer's and CJD
The "ar" rump
|
|
|
| | | post reply |
Meruru
User
Junior Member
| Posts: 19 | |
Karma: 0
|
re:US Farmers' Hideous Pursuit Of Profit - 2007/01/14 16:41
Would a dairy breed yearling heifer be languishing in a feedlot?
The smaller breeds like the jersey, are usually dairy breeds.
Maaybe the authors ( http://www.ahsc.arizona.edu/uac/iacuc/cattle/app2.shtml )
mean 'always' on pasture with high legume concentration?
Mycotoxins in Cereal Grains
Mycotoxins are naturally occuring chemicals produced by fungi growing on grain, feed or food. These fungal metabolites are detrimental to the health of both animals and human. Toxicity ranges from acute death to chronic diseases, cancer and reproductive malfunction. Mycotoxin contamination of food and feed grains is a serious economic problem for grain producers and processors in the United States because grain contamination impacts markets. The fungi that produce mycotoxins in grains commonly include Fusarium, Aspergillus, and Penicillium species.
The primary focus of this project is on the fusaria that infect grains.
However, other mycotoxins also occur in grains and associated studies on other toxigenic fungi and their metabolites are needed to understand the overall problem of mycotoxins in cereal grains. '
http://www.btny.purdue.edu/NC129/.
One of the most frustrating nutritional problems on dairy farms today stems from the increasing rate of mycotoxin infections from grains and forages. The mycotoxin problem is becoming so common that the
University of Wisconsin has put together a "task force" of extension people, nutritionists, and agronomists to come up with answers about where it is coming from, how to prevent it, and how to better deal with it once it is there. ..'
http://www.agrinutrition.com/art00015.shtml
Like farmers who aren't aware of the presence and prevalence of mycotoxins in cereal grains?
'commonly' is true.
'Western Canadian average is 30% assisted births'
www.ohranch.com/ar.html
'Percent of assisted births was significantly higher for Simmental sired calves but the difference was not as great as one might expect (41% vs. 29%). '
http://beef.unl.edu/stories/200308250.shtml
'Percent assisted births in first calf heifers were more than halved in Selects (48% to 23%), and stayed about the same in Controls (52% to 47%).'
Did bison have such difficulty? I doubt it.
Not administered hormones, which raise levels to above normal.
Cattle Hormones Alter Fish Reproduction
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (UPI) -- Hormones leaking into streams from
U.S. cattle feedlots are altering the sexual characteristics of wild fish, a St. Mary's College of Maryland study said. The scientists examined minnows in three streams that flow into Nebraska's Elkhorn River, and their findings showed "significant alterations in the reproductive biology" of fish immediately downstream from a large Nebraska cattle feedlot.
The report, published in the online version of the journal
Environmental Health Perspectives, said the researchers do not know whether the damage was caused by natural hormones in cattle or by synthetic ones administered to the animals. The study said the male fish had one-third less testosterone and their testes were about half as big as those of unexposed fish upstream. The female fish had about
20 percent less estrogen and 45 percent more testosterone than females from the uncontaminated stream.
United Press International )
Down on the Farm:
The Real BGH Story Animal Health Problems, Financial Troubles
http://www.mindfully.org/GE/Down-On-The-Farm-BGH1995.htm
Down on the Farm:
The Real BGH Story Animal Health Problems, Financial Troubles
http://www.mindfully.org/GE/Down-On-The-Farm-BGH1995.htm
Down on the Farm:
The Real BGH Story Animal Health Problems, Financial Troubles
http://www.mindfully.org/GE/Down-On-The-Farm-BGH1995.htm
So you're not contesting the fact that animals are given antibiotics.
SOURCE OF DRUG RESIDUES
Drugs are administered to dairy cows for treatment of mastitis through intramammary or intravenous infusions and for disease therapy by intramuscular or intravenous injections, oral administration, feed supplementation, or reproductive infusions. FDA surveys indicate that improper use of drugs in the control of mastitis is the major source of residues found in the milk supply. The beef industry claims that a great percentage of the drug residues found in beef carcasses are in those of culled dairy cows. ..'
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/dairy/404-401/404-401.html
Typically;
' Once the calves have been weaned at six to 10 months and have reached
300 to 600 pounds, they are sold to the stocker operator. The stocker operator will put additional weight on the calves to bring them to 600 to
800 pounds before they go into feedlots at eight to 14 months.
http://www.tysonfoodsinc.com/IR/publications/factbook/factbook01/p2.pdf
But some calves may go directly to a feedlot at six months old;
'When the calves are six to eight months old, they are weaned and moved to either a stocker or a feedlot operation. The heavier calves go directly to a feedlot.'
http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/aboutind/products/livestck/ranching.htm
'research trials'..
http://www.google.ie/search?q=+cattle+feed+sawdust+&btnG=Google+Search&num=20&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1
http://www.google.ie/search?q=+cattle+feed+cardboard&num=20&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1
Popular posts by Meruru
High Levels Of 14 Toxins In Farm-Ra...
Mad Cow, Alzheimer's and CJD
The "ar" rump
|
|
|
| | | post reply |
|
post new topic