BST, scale or sector bias
Alan Furchtenicht (FURCHT@macc.wisc.edu)
Mon, 19 Jul 93 13:49 CDT
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Subject: Re: BST, scale or sector bias
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1993 09:49:40 -0400
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There seem to be several issues here: big business, research
priorities, farmers' ability to manage, to name three. To follow
the logic presented here, however, and at the risk of lining up a
bunch of soapboxes, rotational grazing, new alfalfa or corn
varieties, and the like would not be scale neutral either and
possibly not sector neutral. Poorer managers may not be able to
make rotational grazing work, and I do see a lot of money being
made by fence companies with their latest widgets whick suggest
that dairy cattle need only pasture with their fence outlining it
to maximize production. The common theme around here is "eliminate
the grain deliveries--graze your cattle". This year, with no rain,
some poorer managers who have put all ther eggs in the pasture
basket, so to speak, are going down the tubes.
Bill Graves