October 1, 2025 • 16 mins
Host and American Family Farmer, Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com shares why he created the American Family Farmer program before jumping into the news affecting family farmers, beginning with the news that farmers and the Autumn harvest are worried about low crop prices, the trade wars and what tariffs are doing to their livelihood. It’s lead to a lot of farm-state law makers are putting pressure on President Trump to offer economic aide for farmers by the end of the year.
Then, Doug breaks down challenges for the pork industry, the American market, and the need to align with the entire value chain along with packers.
Lastly, Doug shares the story of 6 workers on a dairy farm being killed from cow manure. Here’s the thing, that’s not what actually happened. Doug uses this story to point out the danger of people only looking at a headline and not reading a full article. Doug breaks down the facts of the story and why not all news sources are reputable.
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Then, Doug breaks down challenges for the pork industry, the American market, and the need to align with the entire value chain along with packers.
Lastly, Doug shares the story of 6 workers on a dairy farm being killed from cow manure. Here’s the thing, that’s not what actually happened. Doug uses this story to point out the danger of people only looking at a headline and not reading a full article. Doug breaks down the facts of the story and why not all news sources are reputable.
Website: AmericanFamilyFarmerShow.com
Social Media: @GoodDayNetworks
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The American Family Farmer podcast, sponsored in part by Caldron,
The Safe, proven Way to lose weight. Check it all
out at toploss dot com. This is apple picking season,
so if we were really on our toes here, we'd
find somebody who's running an apple farm or pick your own,
and maybe we'll do that over the next couple of
weeks because it lasts at least around here or I
(00:21):
am in New England until sometime in late October, until
the first frost. So the American Family Farmer Program first
part of it is as many items of interest from
the news desk, I call a lot of different sources
to see what I think may be of interest to
you and your family and the folks that are on
the family farm. All right, so let's get into the news.
(00:43):
Farmers and the autumn harvest worried about low crop prices
and the trade war and tariffs and what's that doing
to their livelihood, A question that hasn't got a good
answer or any kind of an answer from either Republicans
or Democrats. A lot of farm state lawmakers have urged
the President to issue economic aid for farmers by the
(01:05):
end of the year. Discussions are going on right now
between lawmakers and the administration. There is a trade off,
especially for the Republicans, between loyalty to the president and
representing constituents who have problems and are contacting their offices,
flocking to town hall meetings. And the underlying issue.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Is Trump's policies.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
So Trump said to the farmers, you'll be much better
off with me as president. That hasn't proven to be
true so far. A matter of fact, four farm state
members of Congress say they're in talks with the Department
of agg and other administration officials about an aid package.
Senator John Hoven, who leads the Agriculture funding on the
(01:53):
Appropriations Committee, I said that he's discussing with the administration
an approach similar to that taken during Trump's first term,
when the Feds issued twenty three billion in payments to
farmers to offset losses from the trade war with China.
The problem with that was that Sonny Perdue was the
Secretary of Agriculture, and he funneled all the money billions
(02:15):
of dollars along with the COVID payments to his pals
in the southeastern part of the country. The lady who's
in charge now, Brooke Rollins, is not cut from the
same cloth, although she spends a lot of time talking
about Joe Biden, which I wish she wouldn't do because
it's a waste of times. Rollins said that she's working
(02:36):
with members of Congress to evaluate how much money is
going to be needed, and they haven't specified anything. Neither
a timeline nor an amount is in the Harper yet.
But a spokesperson for the USDA has said that there
is an exploratory group of meetings looking into the need
for further resistance. But yet again, this is the third
(02:59):
time we've heard this, no determination yet. Trump says that
he's supporting farmers by opening international markets, but that's.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
It hasn't really proven very successful so far.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
I chuckle about it because he talks a lot and
throws a lot of stuff against the wall, but there
isn't a lot that's sticking.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Okay, So.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
There's a lot of stuff in here this week about
Trump and what he said about inflation and legislation, et cetera, etcetera, etc. Anyway,
if I look this situation over and summarize, it looks
like the FEDS are expected to spend about forty billion
dollars on payments to farmers by the end of the year.
(03:43):
This is the second highest amount since nineteen thirty three,
which would have been the time when the New Deal
gets started under Roosevelt, and it was we're coming out
of the depression. Farmers are going through a lot of
tough economic times. They have been, as a matter of fact,
all my life on the farm has been tough for
(04:04):
any of the farmers that I knew, the first farmers
that my first farm family had a lot of land
and they were selling it off acre by acre to
keep the cows and to keep the farm running, which
is the same thing kind of that's happening now in
certain circumstances, selling off assets.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
It's not right. Then. People in our country.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Don't even less now actually than then appreciate what goes
on on the farm, what it takes to be a farmer,
how much you have to really devote of yourself to
that lifestyle and to the farm. So anyway, this business
the terriff thing, though, if you analyze it, you can
(04:44):
see how they've lost markets that farmers worked decades to develop,
and the trade wars as they continue. I'm looking at
a quote from a Minnesota Republicans saying the administration needs
to step up and end the chaos in farm country.
So there's lots of you know, it's one farmer said,
(05:04):
farming is like doing Russian roulette. You have to pay
out the loan and go borrow more money to pay.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Off the loan. That's what that is what's going on.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
So the question is will Trump deliver more farmer assistants.
There are a lot of options on the table, but
getting funds to farmers is going to require one important thing,
and that's Trump supporting farmers in the campaign.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
He said you're better off with me.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
But a lot of farmers, as I said, I have
to look at this big, beautiful bill, which included sixty
six billion for agriculture, but when and how does it
get divvied up? A lot of farmers that I've talked
to are worried that they're not going to be able
to hang on as because of the prices of things
and the teriffs. So anyway, the USDA is on it,
(05:59):
so they say Congress is on it, So they say
ag leaders are on it. So they say farmers then wondering, Okay,
if all these people are on it, are we going
to be able to do it? And the hidden cost
of pursuing the American dream of being a farmer.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Is it's just that it's a dream, all right.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
We'll talk about pork and pork demand in a matter
of moments here. Staying connected and keeping your family safe
top priority for any parent, of course. Alex Lee is
here from Verizon, designed to help you do just that.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Being a parent means you're always there for your kids,
and now Verizon Family Plus is here for you. With
the Verizon Family App, you can easily share your location
and get alerts. Want even more peace of mind, Upgrade
to the Verizon Family Plus Perk for just ten dollars
a month. With my plan, you'll get robust for under controls.
It's twenty four to seven, assistant driving insights and even
roadside assistance. Give yourself the extra support you need to
(07:00):
keep your family safe with Verizonsfamily Plus. Visit Verizon dot
com slash Family Plus Today. Restrictions apply.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
The American Family Farmer Program. Doug Stephan here on the
air every week with an overview of the news that
affects family farmers, conversation about some special farms and farming
going on all across the country. Every week, we bring
you this information and it comes on radios, and it
also comes in the form of a podcast.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
So wherever you get your podcasts, if.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
You're listening to some of those new murder mysteries on
podcasts or whatever, it is, all kinds of political stuff,
Podcasting is a very important way to get audio input.
So you can go to wherever you get your podcasts
and look for Americanfamilyfarmersshow dot com. That's where you'll get
the program. All right, let's see what else we have
here in the news department. The National Pork Board launching
(07:52):
a new campaign called Taste What Pork Can Do. The
whole programs aimed at increasing domestic pork demand and reshaping
how your consumer thinks about pork. The export growth has
been a priority for the pork industry, but there are
some challenges now because of domestic production and frankly because
(08:14):
of the Chinese. Here we go again, they own the
largest pork producer in the country. How we let that
happen is a question has been asked since they got
away with buying it. So now there's research going on
to understand who our consumer is in America and around
the rest of the world, and what drives their choices.
(08:35):
According to the people in the marketing department at the
American Farm Bureau Federation, the research has led them to
believe the strategic ships toward domestic demand instead of trying
to move the stuff offshore, because that's what the Chinese
have done with a lot of.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Our pork products.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
They've taken the pork from being grown in America, bringing
it to China and bringing back their inferior product and
using it to make sausage. Okay, so let's talk about
the American market. Americans consume about twenty billion pounds of
pork every year. That's double the amount that we export.
But domestic marketing has had a lot of attention until
(09:18):
this year. So this new initiative aims to change that
by using a lot of data driven insights to reach
the right consumers with the right message.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
That's they're looking at millennials and Gen Z.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
These groups prioritize taste, versatility, and convenience, and so that's
what the message is all about. The tagline Taste what
Pork can Do designed to connect with younger consumers. I
guess I have to wait and see whether it is
whether the campaign works or not. But they've done a
lot of research and now they have to get the
(09:53):
pork industry itself involved. The National Pork Board is working
closely with producers and state associations and packers and retailers
and food service companies to create a unified effort that
will drive demand. They have sixty thousand according to the government.
They've come up with a number of pig farmers in
(10:16):
our country, sixty thousand of them, and so Bethrolin's office says,
we need to align with the entire value chain, engaging
with packers. If you look at some of the past
pork marketing efforts, taste what pork can do leans heavily
into digital media, using social media et cetera, et cetera, etc.
(10:40):
That's where these people spend their time, right on their
phones and social media.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
So that's why if you're going.
Speaker 1 (10:45):
To go for that audience, for that demographic, then you
better use the stuff that they're watching and looking at
and listening to. So this is a primarily digital campaign
to fine new consumers. I guess I'm trying to think
about it or the people people in my family, My
children are in those generations as probably yours are, and
(11:06):
I don't think they eat any pork at all.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
I'm just trying to think about.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
No, I don't remember seeing anybody have any pork.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
On their plate. Well once in a while. Last night,
actually we had a little pork sausage with sempasta, all right.
So a literally goes a long way sometimes, all right.
So that's that story.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
There are the news items that I've picked out for
us to think about. Back on the American Family Farmer.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
Here's a headline that I saw, and I saw it.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
It went into it put me into the ozone kamanur
just killed six workers on a dairy farm. It happens
more than you'd think. This is something that appeared on
a news source called Vox Vox, and I thought to myself,
you know, people, at least most folks don't have time
(12:02):
or don't take the time.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
They might want to take the time to read.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
Into articles, but most people, because they don't know what's
going on on dairy farms, don't really know how that
headline is so wrong. The commoneur did not kill anybody.
It was what they did where they were and the innuendos.
If you understand Vox and where they're all about, they
(12:25):
have a decided anti animal slant, and so much of
what's in this article and many other articles that, whether
it be about commoneur and how it's stored, whether it
be about silage and how it's stored and what happens
in the silo, whether it be about whether raw milk
is good for you or not. Most of the time
the stories are innuendo. They're based on half truths, and
(12:50):
this is not news.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
This is what some people call.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
This is so called news, and I think these people
need to be called out.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
Frankly.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
The article focuses on what it says are the facts. Yeah,
six people did die in a manure tank, that's true,
but what were they doing in there? You know, these
people take shots at dairy farms, calling them lovely, quaint
and bucolic, but really on the ground they're dangerous, and
(13:21):
these people want to get rid of dairy. This is
the same philosophy as comes across with we need to
get rid of cows because of the methane gas is
ruining our atmosphere. I think when I look at this article,
they talk about how painfully clear it is that we
(13:41):
get rid of cows because the stuff this was by
the way of Colorado dairy farm that was northeast of Denver.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
The people that were killed were part of a family.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
Actually, there were four folks from the family and then
a couple of extended family members of father and a
couple of sons. But the circumstances, although gruesome, were not
caused by the manure or the gases. They were caused
by these people getting into the slurry. And I don't
(14:16):
know whether it was plugged up or whatever it was,
but anyway, you get the gist of what I'm saying.
The people there were folks that got into trouble and
then in an attempt to rescue the one person that
first had a problem, then another one in and had
a problem. By the end of the by the end
of this experiment or this experience, there were five people
(14:39):
at Prospect Valley Dairy who were in the underground manure
pit and they all died. And so most of the
slurries and storage tags that I have seen in my
life have had signs warning people against doing.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
What they did.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
They had to go down, they were fixing something. They
breathed in the high concentration of the main thing that
you smell is hydrogen sulfide that comes up with some
other things and it usually causes death almost instantly. So
these people in this article call out the danger of
(15:21):
America's massive amounts of animal manure. And of course we
don't need to eat meat. Listen, you can make a choice.
I have made a choice not to eat meat, but
doesn't mean I want to get rid of the cows.
It does the fact that these people get traction and
they call into account in the same article how the
same thing happened at a New York dairy farm a
couple of years ago when a tool fell into the
(15:44):
manure tank and somebody tried to retreat written they got
overcome by the same gases. I call it these people
out because the information is erroneous, but it does they
put a slant on on dairy and on beef that
is not true, and I think many of us know it,
(16:05):
but the rest of the world doesn't. So I'm just
underscoring the fact that this article in box and most
of the stuff they have in there is a load
of bs or manure. Perhaps those are my thoughts on
this particular story.
Speaker 2 (16:19):
I'm Doug Stefan.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
This program was produced at Bobksound and Recording. Please visit
bobksound dot com, The American Family Farmer podcast sponsored in
part by Caldron, which is the safe way for you
to lose weight and keep it off
The American Family Farmer podcast, sponsored in part by Caldron,
The Safe, proven Way to lose weight. Check it all
out at toploss dot com. This is apple picking season,
so if we were really on our toes here, we'd
find somebody who's running an apple farm or pick your own,
and maybe we'll do that over the next couple of
weeks because it lasts at least around here or I
(00:21):
am in New England until sometime in late October, until
the first frost. So the American Family Farmer Program first
part of it is as many items of interest from
the news desk, I call a lot of different sources
to see what I think may be of interest to
you and your family and the folks that are on
the family farm. All right, so let's get into the news.
(00:43):
Farmers and the autumn harvest worried about low crop prices
and the trade war and tariffs and what's that doing
to their livelihood, A question that hasn't got a good
answer or any kind of an answer from either Republicans
or Democrats. A lot of farm state lawmakers have urged
the President to issue economic aid for farmers by the
(01:05):
end of the year. Discussions are going on right now
between lawmakers and the administration. There is a trade off,
especially for the Republicans, between loyalty to the president and
representing constituents who have problems and are contacting their offices,
flocking to town hall meetings. And the underlying issue.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Is Trump's policies.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
So Trump said to the farmers, you'll be much better
off with me as president. That hasn't proven to be
true so far. A matter of fact, four farm state
members of Congress say they're in talks with the Department
of agg and other administration officials about an aid package.
Senator John Hoven, who leads the Agriculture funding on the
(01:53):
Appropriations Committee, I said that he's discussing with the administration
an approach similar to that taken during Trump's first term,
when the Feds issued twenty three billion in payments to
farmers to offset losses from the trade war with China.
The problem with that was that Sonny Perdue was the
Secretary of Agriculture, and he funneled all the money billions
(02:15):
of dollars along with the COVID payments to his pals
in the southeastern part of the country. The lady who's
in charge now, Brooke Rollins, is not cut from the
same cloth, although she spends a lot of time talking
about Joe Biden, which I wish she wouldn't do because
it's a waste of times. Rollins said that she's working
(02:36):
with members of Congress to evaluate how much money is
going to be needed, and they haven't specified anything. Neither
a timeline nor an amount is in the Harper yet.
But a spokesperson for the USDA has said that there
is an exploratory group of meetings looking into the need
for further resistance. But yet again, this is the third
(02:59):
time we've heard this, no determination yet. Trump says that
he's supporting farmers by opening international markets, but that's.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
It hasn't really proven very successful so far.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
I chuckle about it because he talks a lot and
throws a lot of stuff against the wall, but there
isn't a lot that's sticking.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Okay, So.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
There's a lot of stuff in here this week about
Trump and what he said about inflation and legislation, et cetera, etcetera, etc. Anyway,
if I look this situation over and summarize, it looks
like the FEDS are expected to spend about forty billion
dollars on payments to farmers by the end of the year.
(03:43):
This is the second highest amount since nineteen thirty three,
which would have been the time when the New Deal
gets started under Roosevelt, and it was we're coming out
of the depression. Farmers are going through a lot of
tough economic times. They have been, as a matter of fact,
all my life on the farm has been tough for
(04:04):
any of the farmers that I knew, the first farmers
that my first farm family had a lot of land
and they were selling it off acre by acre to
keep the cows and to keep the farm running, which
is the same thing kind of that's happening now in
certain circumstances, selling off assets.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
It's not right. Then. People in our country.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Don't even less now actually than then appreciate what goes
on on the farm, what it takes to be a farmer,
how much you have to really devote of yourself to
that lifestyle and to the farm. So anyway, this business
the terriff thing, though, if you analyze it, you can
(04:44):
see how they've lost markets that farmers worked decades to develop,
and the trade wars as they continue. I'm looking at
a quote from a Minnesota Republicans saying the administration needs
to step up and end the chaos in farm country.
So there's lots of you know, it's one farmer said,
(05:04):
farming is like doing Russian roulette. You have to pay
out the loan and go borrow more money to pay.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Off the loan. That's what that is what's going on.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
So the question is will Trump deliver more farmer assistants.
There are a lot of options on the table, but
getting funds to farmers is going to require one important thing,
and that's Trump supporting farmers in the campaign.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
He said you're better off with me.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
But a lot of farmers, as I said, I have
to look at this big, beautiful bill, which included sixty
six billion for agriculture, but when and how does it
get divvied up? A lot of farmers that I've talked
to are worried that they're not going to be able
to hang on as because of the prices of things
and the teriffs. So anyway, the USDA is on it,
(05:59):
so they say Congress is on it, So they say
ag leaders are on it. So they say farmers then wondering, Okay,
if all these people are on it, are we going
to be able to do it? And the hidden cost
of pursuing the American dream of being a farmer.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Is it's just that it's a dream, all right.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
We'll talk about pork and pork demand in a matter
of moments here. Staying connected and keeping your family safe
top priority for any parent, of course. Alex Lee is
here from Verizon, designed to help you do just that.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Being a parent means you're always there for your kids,
and now Verizon Family Plus is here for you. With
the Verizon Family App, you can easily share your location
and get alerts. Want even more peace of mind, Upgrade
to the Verizon Family Plus Perk for just ten dollars
a month. With my plan, you'll get robust for under controls.
It's twenty four to seven, assistant driving insights and even
roadside assistance. Give yourself the extra support you need to
(07:00):
keep your family safe with Verizonsfamily Plus. Visit Verizon dot
com slash Family Plus Today. Restrictions apply.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
The American Family Farmer Program. Doug Stephan here on the
air every week with an overview of the news that
affects family farmers, conversation about some special farms and farming
going on all across the country. Every week, we bring
you this information and it comes on radios, and it
also comes in the form of a podcast.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
So wherever you get your podcasts, if.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
You're listening to some of those new murder mysteries on
podcasts or whatever, it is, all kinds of political stuff,
Podcasting is a very important way to get audio input.
So you can go to wherever you get your podcasts
and look for Americanfamilyfarmersshow dot com. That's where you'll get
the program. All right, let's see what else we have
here in the news department. The National Pork Board launching
(07:52):
a new campaign called Taste What Pork Can Do. The
whole programs aimed at increasing domestic pork demand and reshaping
how your consumer thinks about pork. The export growth has
been a priority for the pork industry, but there are
some challenges now because of domestic production and frankly because
(08:14):
of the Chinese. Here we go again, they own the
largest pork producer in the country. How we let that
happen is a question has been asked since they got
away with buying it. So now there's research going on
to understand who our consumer is in America and around
the rest of the world, and what drives their choices.
(08:35):
According to the people in the marketing department at the
American Farm Bureau Federation, the research has led them to
believe the strategic ships toward domestic demand instead of trying
to move the stuff offshore, because that's what the Chinese
have done with a lot of.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Our pork products.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
They've taken the pork from being grown in America, bringing
it to China and bringing back their inferior product and
using it to make sausage. Okay, so let's talk about
the American market. Americans consume about twenty billion pounds of
pork every year. That's double the amount that we export.
But domestic marketing has had a lot of attention until
(09:18):
this year. So this new initiative aims to change that
by using a lot of data driven insights to reach
the right consumers with the right message.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
That's they're looking at millennials and Gen Z.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
These groups prioritize taste, versatility, and convenience, and so that's
what the message is all about. The tagline Taste what
Pork can Do designed to connect with younger consumers. I
guess I have to wait and see whether it is
whether the campaign works or not. But they've done a
lot of research and now they have to get the
(09:53):
pork industry itself involved. The National Pork Board is working
closely with producers and state associations and packers and retailers
and food service companies to create a unified effort that
will drive demand. They have sixty thousand according to the government.
They've come up with a number of pig farmers in
(10:16):
our country, sixty thousand of them, and so Bethrolin's office says,
we need to align with the entire value chain, engaging
with packers. If you look at some of the past
pork marketing efforts, taste what pork can do leans heavily
into digital media, using social media et cetera, et cetera, etc.
(10:40):
That's where these people spend their time, right on their
phones and social media.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
So that's why if you're going.
Speaker 1 (10:45):
To go for that audience, for that demographic, then you
better use the stuff that they're watching and looking at
and listening to. So this is a primarily digital campaign
to fine new consumers. I guess I'm trying to think
about it or the people people in my family, My
children are in those generations as probably yours are, and
(11:06):
I don't think they eat any pork at all.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
I'm just trying to think about.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
No, I don't remember seeing anybody have any pork.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
On their plate. Well once in a while. Last night,
actually we had a little pork sausage with sempasta, all right.
So a literally goes a long way sometimes, all right.
So that's that story.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
There are the news items that I've picked out for
us to think about. Back on the American Family Farmer.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
Here's a headline that I saw, and I saw it.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
It went into it put me into the ozone kamanur
just killed six workers on a dairy farm. It happens
more than you'd think. This is something that appeared on
a news source called Vox Vox, and I thought to myself,
you know, people, at least most folks don't have time
(12:02):
or don't take the time.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
They might want to take the time to read.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
Into articles, but most people, because they don't know what's
going on on dairy farms, don't really know how that
headline is so wrong. The commoneur did not kill anybody.
It was what they did where they were and the innuendos.
If you understand Vox and where they're all about, they
(12:25):
have a decided anti animal slant, and so much of
what's in this article and many other articles that, whether
it be about commoneur and how it's stored, whether it
be about silage and how it's stored and what happens
in the silo, whether it be about whether raw milk
is good for you or not. Most of the time
the stories are innuendo. They're based on half truths, and
(12:50):
this is not news.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
This is what some people call.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
This is so called news, and I think these people
need to be called out.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
Frankly.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
The article focuses on what it says are the facts. Yeah,
six people did die in a manure tank, that's true,
but what were they doing in there? You know, these
people take shots at dairy farms, calling them lovely, quaint
and bucolic, but really on the ground they're dangerous, and
(13:21):
these people want to get rid of dairy. This is
the same philosophy as comes across with we need to
get rid of cows because of the methane gas is
ruining our atmosphere. I think when I look at this article,
they talk about how painfully clear it is that we
(13:41):
get rid of cows because the stuff this was by
the way of Colorado dairy farm that was northeast of Denver.
Speaker 2 (13:50):
The people that were killed were part of a family.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
Actually, there were four folks from the family and then
a couple of extended family members of father and a
couple of sons. But the circumstances, although gruesome, were not
caused by the manure or the gases. They were caused
by these people getting into the slurry. And I don't
(14:16):
know whether it was plugged up or whatever it was,
but anyway, you get the gist of what I'm saying.
The people there were folks that got into trouble and
then in an attempt to rescue the one person that
first had a problem, then another one in and had
a problem. By the end of the by the end
of this experiment or this experience, there were five people
(14:39):
at Prospect Valley Dairy who were in the underground manure
pit and they all died. And so most of the
slurries and storage tags that I have seen in my
life have had signs warning people against doing.
Speaker 2 (14:58):
What they did.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
They had to go down, they were fixing something. They
breathed in the high concentration of the main thing that
you smell is hydrogen sulfide that comes up with some
other things and it usually causes death almost instantly. So
these people in this article call out the danger of
(15:21):
America's massive amounts of animal manure. And of course we
don't need to eat meat. Listen, you can make a choice.
I have made a choice not to eat meat, but
doesn't mean I want to get rid of the cows.
It does the fact that these people get traction and
they call into account in the same article how the
same thing happened at a New York dairy farm a
couple of years ago when a tool fell into the
(15:44):
manure tank and somebody tried to retreat written they got
overcome by the same gases. I call it these people
out because the information is erroneous, but it does they
put a slant on on dairy and on beef that
is not true, and I think many of us know it,
(16:05):
but the rest of the world doesn't. So I'm just
underscoring the fact that this article in box and most
of the stuff they have in there is a load
of bs or manure. Perhaps those are my thoughts on
this particular story.
Speaker 2 (16:19):
I'm Doug Stefan.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
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