89 - Animal Rights Activism, Ag Gag Laws & the Reality for Ag Following Fair Oaks Farms

By now you’ve likely seen the video and heard about the animal mistreatment at Fair Oaks Farms. Sadly, for the Business of Agriculture, this isn’t going away any time soon. In fact, I see animal activists increasing their attacks on livestock production and processing based on the response to the Fair Oaks video. Katharine Lotspeich is a partner in her family’s large scale Utah dairy operation and an Ag professional. She joins me to discuss Ag’s poor handling of this incident, the real agenda of animal activists, and the reality for Agriculture moving forward. Make no mistake, this incident hurts Agriculture, strains relating with our customers, and strengthens the radical animal rights cause groups who paint this as the norm. Our industry needs to do a better job of addressing this — we’ll tell you how.