"If the processor takes the right to use Posilac away from us, then we need to be more than fairly compensated." John Jenkins, Columbia Crossroads, Pa.
*"We don't have a choice. They will not pick up my milk if I don't sign by Dec. 31"says Stan Carmony, Wooster, Ohio. "My attorney advised me not to sign the affidavit due to possible civil suits. Its all on us the farmers. They are taking no responsibility." "Friendships are being ruined over... absolutely nothing, we've been set back 15 years in the dairy business."
"If this labeling without verification is allowed to be made, 100 percent of the fluid milk in Ohio will be represented as being rbST free," said Lyle Ruprecht, a producer from Butler. "It will be somewhat more expensive. The consumer will have no right to choose."
"It amazes me...those that speak out against rbST are the very ones that know nothing about it...Oh don't get me started! Shirley Krall, Lebanon, Pa.
"I would like to applaud Swiss Vally Farms for continuing to believe in the use of rbST. They have my utmost respect, they believe in 'All Milk All Healthy' and understand that rbST does not change the composition of milk, but helps us feed a hungry world. Thank you Swiss Valley!"
"I did not leave my dairy farm and family for two days just to talk. I want to know how I and my neighbors can help, how can I make a difference, give me a job." Marty Burken, Clinton Iowa, At his first American Farmers For the Advancement and Conservation of Technology [AFACT] meeting. Also;
We have seen foreign markets change their tune when it comes to genetically engineered crops. The Europeans first said no to any GE crops but now are accepting and importing them. It’s either accepting these proven safe technologies or someone goes hungry. If we don’t take advantage of advanced technologies in production agriculture, like BST, we have no hope of feeding our growing world population while staying as environmentally friendly as possible.
"We are all just threads woven together to make up one big tapestry; by yanking on one thread, we can ruin the entire material." "Let's all try to keep this storm from ruining us."
"Yes I use Posilac and have found it to be an effective management tool in my herd, especially when super-ovulating cows or trying to get a hard breeder pregnant..." "I don't propose that every dairy farmer uses the technology,that said, everyone deserves the right to make their own choice! Janet Shank Stiles Boonsboro, Md.
*"Why am I still poor if I have something that everybody wants!" [rbST free milk]
"Posilac is a lactation extender and on bad herd check days its a real life extender" Nelson Martin Berks Co. Pa.
"I don't consider myself an activist, but there's a fire in my belly and it won't go away"
"The silence is deafening from organizations that should have the best interests of dairymen at heart." Carrol W. Campbell co chairmen [AFACT] American Farmers for the Advancement and Conservation of Technology Winfield, KS
*"We as dairy producers would not produce a product that is unhealthy, we serve it to our own family's" "All milk is healthy, many choices, all healthy!" Liz Doornick, Baldwin Wisconsin also co chairman of AFACT
"Please, I beg you, as do the 70 plus families I employ, do the right thing, the moral thing, the ethical thing. Stop these horribly deceiving and wicked labels from harming another costumer." Jon Wheeler part of a powerful letter sent to Ed Rendell Gov. Pa. and his Gov. Christine Gregoire Washington State.
"We need to advocate that the consumer is at a loss, if any industry is forced to give up its efficiencies in their production of the product that is produced for consumer use. It makes no differennce if it is food, autos, or widgets, when effiencies are taken away the end result is a higher cost to the consumer." Hank Choate Cement City, MI
"Don't let me see it" What a private bottler inspector said to a farmer that asked if he can sign an affidavit and still use posilac. 12/07
"Dairymen need to stand up, this is approved, we need a little more faith in what science tells us. David White, Clamer, NY
"Posilac extends the length of time I can keep cows profitable and in the herd." "If Posilac gets taken away, its going to reduce my profitability...and then, whats next?" " As dairymen we need to take a stand for technology whether we use rbST or not." Doug Van Beck, Tipton, Calif.
"Value added is wonderful Honorable and Beneficial..Fear added is not!"
"Deception is not an Option."
"Mislabeling fueled this destructive competition, understanding that truth, makes clear the solution."
"For those who don't believe in, or trust our system, we have a choice. Organic! Do we need more?"
"When justic is served, stability returns"
"Obtaining knowledge is like buying a car, but applaying knowledge..... now we're going places."
"For those who have concerns over rbST, take your concernes to the FDA and leave the consumer alone"
"Labels should clear up fears, not stir up fears"
"Yesterday the key component to production efficiency was time. Tomorrow the key component to production efficiency is energy. Now is not the time to discard technology, but a time to conserve and advance technology."
" We don't need one person speaking 10,000 words a minute in our defence, we need 10,000 farmers working together,each making one timely phone call, or to be involved in a greater extent on one of several AFACT Teams." Tom Krall Lebanon Pa.
"Hormones are the building blocks of life,rbST is the exact replica of what the cow is producing. Cows have these receptors on their liver that uses this hormone to produce milk. As a cow gets farther along in her lactation these receptors begin to shut down. The additional somatatropin helps slow this process down. The milk is unchanged."
"While the registration of rbST for commercial sale has not been completed in many countries, no country has banned rbST or rbST products." "Somebody must sort through the lies" Daniel Brandt Lebanon, Pa.
"As producers, we must not only be at the table where crucial decisions are being made, we must stand up and lead the discussion"
"This was approved by the FDA only after being found completely safe for the consumer the cow and the environment" Logan Bower Dairymen and Professional Dairy Managers of Pa. President
"My herd is older now than before Posilac, it's a good reproductive tool, a lactation extender" John Vrieze, Baldwin Wisconsin
"Consumers are easy prey for manipulative and deceptive marketers and special interest groups" Genesee Valley Farm Discovery Center http://www.farmdiscoverycenter.org/
"Technologies and production practices have and continue to be developed that produce a safe, wholesome, high quality and affordable food, for you the U.S consumer. The U.S. consumer uses the lowest percent of their disposable income in purchasing food as compared to any other consumer in the world. This is also the safest food supply in the world. The population of the U.S as well as the world will continue to grow larger, at the same time that the land base to produce food for the growing population gets smaller. So I ask you how will, we feed a growing population without increased production efficiencies." Hank Choate, Cement City, MI
"At a time like this, all we need is a division among dairy producers to send our production offshore...then look out, there's no telling what might be in your milk bottle."
"Kudos to Pa. Secretary Dennis Wolff." Leonard E. Crooke, New hope, Pa.
"Going rbST free... I see it as a lose lose for everyone." Jeff True, Perry,NY
" I'd never be able to make up lost production if I take it away from late lactation cows." Bryan Neyer, Mt Pleasant, Michigan
"We feel it is important to have the choice of this approved technology." Shaun Coyne, Avon N.Y.
"We have all too often underestimated our power, they can't have milk without a cow, and we own the cows. Secondly in the public eye the average farmer is well respected and if we present a positive message we can certainly influence public opinion." Frank Doll Pocahontas, IL
Wisdom From outside our industry
"People don't get along because they fear each other. People fear each other because they don't know each other. They don't know each other because they have not properly communicated with each other."
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience. But where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
"In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends" Martin Luther King Jr.
"Being intelligent involves being ignorant about those things that are not worth knowing" unknown
Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. "That when they speak truth they are not believed"
"Its not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog that determines the outcome." unknown
"The Quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to that person's commitment to excellence" Vince Lombardi, Legendary football coach
"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." John Wooden
"When you say a situation or person is hopeless, you are slamming the door in the face of God." Charles L. Alan
"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on it's shoes."
"Do the right thing. It will please some people and astonish others." Mark Twain
"The lord abhors dishonest scales, but accurate weights are his delight." Solomon Proverbs:11:1
"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way." Zig Ziegler, motivational speaker
"Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best." Henry Van Dyke
"Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors" unknown
"Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs." Henry Ford
"God raises the level of the impossible." Corrie Ten Boom
"Buy the truth and do not sell it; get wisdom, discipline and understanding." Soloman, Proverbs 23:23
"Satan would like nothing better than to have us stop our ministry and start answering critics, tracking down wretched lies and malicious stories. By God's grace, I shall continue to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ and not stoop to mudslinging, name-calling, and petty little fights over nonessentials."
"Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are stiffened." Billy Graham
"The greatest weakness of all is the fear of appearing weak." Jean Rousseau
"It is wonderful how much can be done if we are always doing." Thomas Jefferson
"I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble." Helen Keller
"I hope I shall always posses firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man." George Washington
"To do great important tasks, two things are necessary: a plan and not quite enough time." Anonymous
"Always be willing to look at both sides of the argument. Understanding the other side is the best way to strengthen your own." Jim Rohn
"Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all those who are destitute" Solomon, Proverbs 31:8
"If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies." Moshe Dayan
"If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first four sharpening the ax." Abraham Lincoln
President Lincoln was once asked about his attitude toward his enemies. Why do you try to make friends of them? You should try to destroy them. Am I not destroying my enemies, Lincoln replied gently, when I make them my friends!
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