On Larson Acres' proposed expansion worries neighbors

Posted on July 30 at 10:16 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

As our herd mangager for farm, I have seen first hand the benefits using antibiotics and see nothing wrong with it. Animals, just like people, do get sick and the prudent use of antibiotics helps to relieve pain and control disease and sickness. ALL antibiotics are tested and regulated by the Food and Drung Administation (FDA) and withdrawal times are established for when the antibiotic is no longer present in the animal's body. It is also ILLEGAL for antibiotics to be present in milk and meat that leaves the farm. Our milk is tested 2-3 times for antibiotics before it is even processed. Any milk testing positive is not allowed into the food supply and if it contaminants "clean" milk the farmer must pay for it. Therefore, antbiotics do not end up in your milk or meat products. Farmers do care about the environment, too. Why would we want to endanger the environment around us when we breathe the same air and drink the same water our neigbors do?