Dan Murphy
Commentary: PETA’s feral cat trap
Of all the foolish, self-serving philosophies PETA tries to foist on clueless consumers, none is more egregious than its ‘just leave all animals alone’ mantra. Yet its own dogma contradicts it.
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Commentary: Savory’s herding instinct
A revolutionary take on livestock production may prove to be the ultimate weapon for ranchers and producers in their fight to reverse the ecological negativity now attached to meat production.
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Commentary: One rotten fish tale
In yet another variation on the Frankenfoods theme, eco-activists protesting farmed salmon roll out one of the most blatant attempts to demonize biotechnology that’s been tried yet.
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Commentary: Piracy by any other name
The members of a noted ‘conservation group’ protesting Japanese whaling operations gets labeled—by a federal court judge—for what they are and how they function: As pirates.
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Commentary: Three-legged fools
Industry is kidding itself if the notion of ‘combating’ the diehard segments of activists seems like a viable plan of counterattack. But there is one weakness in the platform upon which they stand.
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Commentary: One helluva handbook from PETA
Skimming through PETA’s latest guide to animal activism reveals how the group has managed to convince millions of otherwise intelligent people to climb aboard its crazy train.
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Interview: The incredible egg story
As activists flog the ‘modern production is ruining the environment’ meme, an expert who has studied one sector of animal agriculture offers a startlingly different interpretation.
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Commentary: Not too late to turn back now
As devastating budget cutting looms ever larger, lawmakers are (finally) speaking up about the sequester forcing a shutdown of entire agencies for weeks at a time: In a word, it would be bad.
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Commentary: Phosphorus phobia?
When think tanks howl about ag resource limitations, one commodity they rarely discuss is phosphorus, an essential fertilizer. But are we facing a future crisis of ‘peak phosphorus?’
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Commentary: Killer chicken
A startling study links poultry with penile cancer—but the physician shilling for vegetarian alternatives to mitigate the risk is an HSUS staffer. So what do we make of his conclusions?
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Commentary: South African story
Once the world’s pariah, Africa’s most rapidly modernizing country faces not only its very own tabloid tale of celebrity romance gone wrong but a growing debate over meat eating, as well.
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- Post-tornado composting a solution for disposal of dead livestock
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- Seven jobs more dangerous than farming
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
- Drought losses in Oklahoma top $400 million for 2012
- Survey reveals most Americans in favor of COOL
