News from The Associated Press
Twenty-five farm groups ranging from the Missouri Pork Association and the state Beef Industry Council to agribusiness heavyweights Cargill and Monsanto have united under the banner of Missouri Farmers Care.
Their target? The Humane Society of the United States, which pushed the dog breeding initiative and is now the primary financial backer of Your Vote Counts!, a proposed state constitutional amendment requiring a three-fourths majority vote before the Legislature could override voter-approved laws
While the Your Vote Counts! effort makes no mention of agriculture or "cuddly, furry" pets, Missouri campaign finance reports show two-thirds of the more than $345,000 donated to the petition drive through the end of 2011 came from HSUS
Hal Rodgers (R) from Kentucky and known as "THE PRINCE OF PORK" for all the Entitlements he has brought to his state. He is now the Head of The House Appropriations Committee. Hal sponsored a Bill that gives 5 million a year to The HSUS and His daughter is the administrator of the funds.
So you as a farmer are paying the money the HSUS has donated to be used against you. This is one you will have a hard time blaming President Obama for.
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