Chicken factory farming in Texas: The hard-boiled truth
By Mike Barnett Chicken factory farming in Texas is not at all what it is cracked up to be. Consumers uneasily listen to horror stories about how birds suffer acute and chronic pain and are confined in...
View ArticleEgg farm investigation by Humane Society of the United States misleads consumers
By Mike BarnettI have a double-dose of fed up. The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), as well as other animal rights groups, continue to mislead the public on animal abuse and food safety with...
View ArticleIf food critics get their way…
By Mike Barnett “Why, in my day, you could buy meat anywhere. Eggs they had, real butter! Fresh lettuce in the stores.” That was a line delivered by Edward G. Robinson, who played Sol Roth in the movie...
View ArticleFearless ag predictions for 2011
By Mike Barnett I hope 2010 was a year to suit you. Here are my fearless ag predictions for 2011. January 2011: In late 2010, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) lauded Bill Clinton as...
View ArticleAnimal welfare: Consumers accept no excuses for livestock abuse
By Mike Barnett Some in agriculture continue to be bewildered by assaults on livestock operations by animal rights groups. I’m not sure why. The activists’ goal of vegan lifestyles for everyone is no...
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How do you spell farmer? O-P-T-I-M-I-S-T!
By Mike Barnett 2011 was a year of great contradiction for Texas Farm Bureau and Texas agriculture. As an organization, it was a year of great success. As an individual farmer or rancher, it was a year...
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Animal rights group prepares death warrant for Texas exotic wildlife
By Mike Barnett I am amazed that the inflexible ideology of an animal rights group could be the death warrant for the endangered species they profess to protect. That was the take home message for me...
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Does PETA have a meat wish?
It seems hypocritical that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals disguises vegetable recipes as meat.
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The farce of ‘Meatless Monday’– and other animal rights fantasies
By Gene Hall I sometimes enjoy a bowl of broccoli soup, rice and beans (though they’re a lot better with ham) or other non-meat fare. I make it a point to never do this on PETA’s and HSUS’s pointless...
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PETA beef ends in cyber-bullying of boy
PETA’s cyber-bullying of a young boy over a beef raffle is shameful.
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