Re: [AlpacaTalk] More than 400 alpacas slaughtered in Sussex TB outbreak

 

This is heartbreaking. 

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On Apr 27, 2012, at 4:27 PM, J Guerin wrote:

 

Thought I would fw this to the group.  Sounds bad.

 

http://www.farmersguardian.com/home/livestock/more-than-400-alpacas-slaugthtered-in-sussex-tb-outbreak/46572.article

 

Jim Guerin

Jimmini Farm

Yelm, WA

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wow this is crazy you should look into it http://t.co/joofSAzw

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[AlpacaTalk] Re: The Children's Act for Responsible Employment (CARE Act, HR 35

 

<<<Farm raises strong, responsible, and intelligent kids with a very good ability to deal with life. Take that away as this RULE does and you diminish opportunity for kids as urban has.

The RULE was put on a slow burn yesterday but was not dropped.

Michael A. Morack>>>


I agree wholeheartedly with your excellent post.
When I decided to start my family I purposely changed my entire life, left the city and bought a farm so that I could raise my children with a work ethic not commonly found any more.   It has worked out beautifully.  My children are mature and responsible way beyond their years and quite capable.  

I am not sure where the info in the letter that Heather posted came from but it was contrary to everything I have read and heard about this bill, er rule, or whatever the heck it is....who knows anymore with so many regs coming from every direction from the feds the past few years.....esp aimed at small family farms/growers....but I digress.

What I heard on the radio yesterday was that BO backed away from this in less than 24 hrs because of the uproar.....from small family farms, and that he has publicly stated this will not be readdressed as long as he is in office.   I have read many posts over the past few weeks some claiming that it does not in any way affect family farms and some saying that it will destroy family farms.   I have not read it and do not claim to know.   All I know is the feds are sure determined to get up in our business every which way.  I also heard during the same news report that 4H and FFA would have indeed been done away with (a point that has been hotly debated on line) and replaced with a federal training program that was supposed to replace these two long standing entities.

All I can say is watch your back by watching out for your fellow small farmers.   Esp if you raise free range heritage hogs that have a certain hair color - I don't, but they are making inroads.  They may come after *your* livestock next!  First it was sheep, now hogs....don't think they won't be looking at your chickens or your alpacas next.

Janice, sick to death of gov't regulation and still expecting NAIS to make a comeback sigh

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Re: [AlpacaTalk] The Children's Act for Responsible Employment (CARE Act, HR 3564)

 

Hi Judith,
Because kids also work on other peoples farms. They help bale and bring in hay for intance. 
Laurel

The Shouvlins
Bluebird Hills Farm
3617 Derr Road
Springfield, Ohio 45503
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> Laurel, can you explain WHY you protested it? It seems to make very sound
> sense to me. It exempts family farms, so nobody can claim that their
> children are affected except insofar as they might be prohibited from
> taking employment at somebody else's farm, somebody who might not be as
> concerned for their safety as their own parents would. It ensures that
> children are not put to work in grain silos which are extremely dangerous;
> it ensures that children are not required to work on tractors without
> roll-over bars (I sure as heck wouldn't want my kid on one!). It makes
> safety for children the paramount concern in employment situations. It
> does not bar children from performing any acts on a farm owned and
> operated
> by their parents, who presumably will themselves have the child's best
> interests at heart and would not expose them to hazardous conditions. I'm
> just curious what is so objectionable about any of that.
>
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Bluebird Hills Farm <
> bluebirdhills@voyager.net> wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>>
>> Sorry, repealed was the wrong word, you are correct.
>> I heard it on the news last nite that it was going back to the drawing
>> board due to pressure placed on the USDA.
>> Laurel
>> The Shouvlins
>> Bluebird Hills Farm
>> 3617 Derr Road
>> Springfield, Ohio 45503
>> 937-206-3936
>> www.bluebirdhills.com
>> bluebirdhills@voyager.net
>>
>> > Hi Heather,
>> >
>> > I just read the last part of today's, 26 Apr 12, mail, and found this.
>> >
>> > This is still active. Here is the link to the page, dated
>> > Jody Brown - OneNewsNow - 4/26/2012 10:10:00 AM
>> > http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=1586018
>> >
>> > Jim Guerin
>> > Jimmini Farm
>> > Yelm, WA
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> >
>>
From: Heather Zeleny
>> > To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
>> > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 2:54 PM
>> > Subject: [AlpacaTalk] The Children's Act for Responsible Employment
>> > (CARE Act, HR 3564)
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Judith Korff
> LadySong Farm
> Steamburg, New York
> (716) 499-0383
> Suri: Silk Without the Worm
> www.alpacanation.com/ladysong.asp
>

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