Let us be good neighbors

I am saddened to hear about a rift between once congenial neighbors. The rift stems from one family wanting to expand cattle operations that are regulated like all operations throughout the U.S. The rift seems to be between the two S’s — the Svaty family and another close operation that adds value to crops produced from their own land.

I greatly applaud the Svaty operation as it fits the need for fresh vegetables plus fine lamb and pork ...

The other S is the Schneider family who want to perfect growing cattle staged for finishing in accredited finishing facilities. The Schneider family, 20 years ago, saw that the future of the cattle business was to finish the stock with ideas of building their own brand of beef.

No one can accuse these families of not thinking outside of the box as entrepreneurship success requires a dream. Simply this personification is the reason the United States template easily places this country far ahead of all other nations.

Clayton Huseman of the Kansas Livestock Association clearly explained the laws regulating feedlots in a previous letter to the editor in the I-R.

In addition the need for amino acids is only supplied from animal meats. Chemists continually try to claim the protein found in crops equals animal proteins called amino acids ... The highly functioning body installs in the mind their bodily needs. Any high level physical activity clearly gives the signal. Why does mankind demand meat and potatoes or similar carbohydrates needs no explanation.

The cattle/hog/chicken business is all about value adding carbohydrates into amino acids. The bovine (four stomach animals) are nature’s greatest converter of roughage/carbohydrates into amino acids, the animal business economics is a simple mathematics calculations A+B=C. C is the price of the expected harvest price with A being the first cost of the animal unit the simple divide to obtain the value of B-return for feed. Truth the underlying currency of this heartland is corn.

When Vladimir Lenin came to power in 1917-1922, even though a communist, he said the truest currency of the world is wheat as it is the staple of human existence.

Anyone wishing proof must challenge me. Be it known that when asking me what time it is I’m liable to first explain how to build the clock. Please stop the bickering — let us all be good neighbors pulling for expanding income for the entire community.

Most sincerely,

Charles Andrews

Kanopolis