EXPERT INSANITY

Happy New Year everyone.  I've been hunkered down over Christmas cranking out the rough draft of another book:  FOOD EMANCIPATION:  Unshackling America's Sustenance.  More on that in the future.

                  As a result, I've sat on a developing story that has changed so rapidly it's hard to keep up.  The story is about Bovaer.  Here is the official AI information:

AI Overview

Bovaer (active ingredient 3-NOP) is a revolutionary feed additive for cattle that significantly reduces methane emissions by blocking the enzyme that creates it in the rumen, with studies showing average reductions of 30-40%, making it a key tool for sustainable livestock farming

. Approved globally, including by the FDA for US dairy cows, Bovaer is safe, quickly broken down into natural compounds, and doesn't transfer to milk or meat, ensuring consumer safety while helping farmers meet climate goals.

            The only problem is it's killing cows--lots of cows.  Side effects include fertility issues (sperm counts), inability to stand, lack of appetite.  Mortality. 

            You can look up more about it at your leisure, but Oct. 1, 2025 it became mandatory as a feed additive in dairies in Denmark.  Numerous sources as early as 2023 began sounding the alarm about its health consequences, both in cows and humans, but as is generally the case, these early skeptics were branded conspiracists and "nothing to see here."  As you can see in the above glowing global narrative, it's a wonderful product. 

            Manufactured by DSM-Firmenech, a Danish company, and Elanco, Bovaer had two primary goals. First, it reduced bovine flatulence, which was supposed to save us from climate change.  Second, it offered an option to dairy farmers to sell carbon credits for loving their planet.

            Approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) May 28, 2024 for U.S. use, I have no idea how many dairies are using it, if any.  But FDA has no problem with it, including entering the food supply via milk.

            This must be one of the shortest lived farm mandates in history.  Highwire reported today that Sweden terminated its pilot program yesterday.  Norway's largest dairy coop suspended its use nationwide to all its member dairies this week. Danish farmers are circulating petitions to get rid of the mandate. I expect Denmark to follow suit with the other Scandinavian countries quickly.

            On the way to the airport this morning taking one of our steward checkouts to her flight, she asked "do you think the industrial food system will ever come around?"  This Bovaer fiasco is just another proof that no, they will never get it.  They will keep tinkering, keep listening to paranoia, and try to solve the maladies they cause with additional anti-biological manipulations.  It never ends.

            The lesson here is to never, ever, ever trust the official narrative.  Something is always hiding behind the curtain.  Covid, avian influenza, African swine fever, mad cow, foot and mouth, screw worm--name the malady and know the official message is fabricated nonsense.

            On a percentage scale, who is more responsible for changing our food and farming system:  farmers or consumers?  I say 50/50.  What say you?