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If you ask someone what the top priority of a farmer or rancher is, you will likely get mixed feelings and misconceptions. But a farmer’s top priority is the welfare of their animals. A farmer’s top priority is to tend to their animals to give them the best quality of life possible.
As we all know, within any industry or operation, some people witness and experience things first-hand and behind the scenes. Some people witness just a glimpse or a glance of what may be occurring. This can often lead to misconceptions and misunderstandings.
Misconceptions: Clearing the Crop Circles of Confusion
In this episode, I will talk to a former livestock showman and cotton, wheat, sorghum, and corn farmer about her top priority as a pig and crop farmer. Addie Hicks is a 5th-generation farmer from Canyon, Texas. Hicks is a current Texas A&M University student in the Agricultural and Life Sciences Department. Hicks will share just how important the health and safety of her animals on the farm is to her.
We will talk about the importance of animal safety and welfare, also acknowledging the misconceptions about a farmer’s top priorities and how they can be misleading.
How Can We Bring Awareness to the Agriculture Industry?
As agriculturalists, we cannot control what outsiders see or believe about the industry, but we can educate them and encourage them to dive deeper into the industry and see all of the good it has to offer.
Additionally, we can also educate outsiders and bring awareness to what truly occurs on a farm, ranch, and the industry as a whole daily.
As the backbone of America, the agriculture industry provides the clothes on our backs and the food on our tables. Furthermore, as agriculturalists, we need to do better in educating outsiders on what the industry truly is about. We also need to show that our animals are taken care of. The health and safety of our animals is our top priority.
We learn by seeing, doing, and engaging.
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