The glamor of television and the pervasiveness of the Internet have put an enormous burden on agriculture.
Dr. Dan Thomson, a K-State professor and authority on animal activism, said here Friday night rich and famous people involved with animal rights groups had convinced many that farmers and ranchers were ogres, who care nothing about the livestock they raise to meet the great de-mand for protein-rich food.
Quite the opposite is true. No one cares more about the welfare of farm animals than the person who raises them.
Those of us who live in rural America have first-hand…
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