Farm families speak against animal patenting risk
A reader urges Congress to block animal patents amid U S Patent Office actions and a pending hearing chaired by Rep Robert Kastenmeier. The letter argues patents would raise royalties on offspring, threaten dairy and livestock diversity, favor multinational firms, and undermine family farms. It calls farm voices to testify and provides contact details for testimony and information.
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Robert Kastenmeier
D-Wis
House
Administration of Justice
Madison
Congress
Patent Office
Federal Reserve blamed for farming crisis in letter to editor
A reader argues the 1913 Federal Reserve charter initiated monetary troubles and calls for recalling the charter. He cites Washington SB-5444 and urges Christian Americans to pressure Congress and state representatives to issue currency and end interest-bearing bonds. He warns of bank and lender failures by 1987.
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Congress
Federal Reserve
Fed
Washington State
Jack Metcalf
Honest Money For America
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S
Federal Reserve Charter
State of Washington
Readers accuse photo of horse abuse at pulling contest
A reader chides The Country Today for showing horses in a strenuous pulling contest in extreme heat on page 8. The letter questions owners and drivers, calling the event inhumane and noting some animals may never recover from such exertion.
Guernsey breeders corrections prompt public update
Reader notes corrections for the Guernsey article in The Country Today July 29. Arnold Knight is executive secretary of the Wisconsin Guernsey Breeders Association, not executive director of the American Guernsey Association. The AGA has posted four straight years of net profits, and GGG correctly refers to recording cows with 50 to 99 percent Guernsey genes meeting genetic standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Vonne Nicolai
Guernsey
Country Today
Arnold Knight
American Guernsey Association
Wisconsin Guernsey Breeders Association
Correction to Burnett hay donation story
A reader disputes a report about free hay for their son in law. They state Burnett County residents were asked to collect the final donated hay, not the first portion, and that none went to their farm or son in law. The hay ultimately went to Dairyland.
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Tomah
Burnett County
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