Oct 31 2018

To

Ryan Davis and all concerned

Hello from Rockingham County where the cows and the poultry make it a leading county of the State of Virginia.I am concerned that the dairy industry in this state is at risk of being a memory! To realize that our very own Virginia State Dairymen's Assoc. will request lowering the standards of SCC and bacteria count to the levels proposed is downright outragous and basicly impossible to meet year round. I feel all the emphasis is on the marketing end and none on the producing end. Who cares if Virginia has that chance to lead this movement east of the Mississippi? Virginia is a leading State now. So Whoopty Doo!

You can not push a log chain but you can pull it. But how far can you pull it. 

We dairy farmers are being pulled like that chain by these monsters National Milk and State dairy Assoc & etc. just whoever pulls for these kind of changes. But it"s about time you switch directions of your chain, "Lets see you push it awhile. Pushing a chain is no harder than producing milk with a tighting noose around the neck with new regulations to meet and less and less pay to do the new regulations. 

It's time to say NO to this Proposed  Petition for rulemaking.

Seriously

Bernard Koogler

Spring-Run Holsteins

Dayton, Va 22821