It's come to my attention that there has been some misunderstanding of a
few things I've said recently, so thanks for giving me a chance to tackle
those, Ingrid!
 
First off, I gather that some people have misconstrued my support of
the multiple 8 week minimum sales or transport age legislative actions
to mean that I somehow think that a longer time with the mother is bad.
Nope, That is really not at all what I said or meant.  Maryland is going
for a 12 week one and by the sounds of what happened at the last hearing
has a chance of getting an actual 12 week minimum age.  If they can then
more power to them.
 
In many other areas there is more need to consider what has been proven
economically viable for the industry to get improvements in laws, or in
rules and regulations.  In that case, since the farm industry used an 8
week minimum age in the past that is the age being used and it is far
better than the earlier ages seen so often these days.  This does not
mean that an older age than 8 weeks is bad and should not be taken to
mean that.
 
Nor is taking what the industry used in the past the same as letting the
industry control any efforts.  It merely means that the farm industry
lacks a foundation for fighting an 8 week minimum age since it worked
well in the past.
 
Other meanings attached to my words were placed there by others, and I am
afraid that some of those aren't viable and aren't accurate.
[Posted in FML issue 4456]