> Fair enough but I for one would enjoy some beef about beef on sci.ag.
> However lets be honest, the amount of ag traffic is not so great that it
> is a problen, indeed the reverse. I am a dairy farmer and actually don't
> know that much about beef, or their problems. To shut yourself away in a
> beef ghetto prevents others understanding your problems and hey, other
> disciplines may have solutions and something to contribute. You beefies
> may well be able to contribute towards solving other peoples problems
> too. Essentially we are all in it together when it comes down to it.
Beef Ghetto? I'm sorry, I'm not quite understanding your comments. I
doubt that beef breeders having their own usenet group will prevent any
of them from also checking posts on other ag related usenet groups, I
know it won't me. Nor has it seemed to have the bee folks.. who have
their own sci.ag group... yet feel free to post to the more generic
sci.ag. I don't see beef producers being so narrow minded or xenophobic
that they would ever shut themselves off from other ag groups for a
number of reasons.. one being that many of the varied ag fields share
common problems.
alt.ag.beef does no more than give beef producers on "home" on the
CyberUsenetRange. It does nothing to take away from the the other ag
related usenet groups.. neither those that are more specific, nor those
more generic in purpose.
......... Cleo angus1@cris.com