Don’t Presume to Know a Pig’s Mind

Blake Hurst, a former hog farmer and president of the Missouri Farm Bureau, wrote a short Op-Ed which appeared in the Sunday edition of the New York Times, on what many in ag perceived as an attack on modern agriculture by Chipotle Mexican grill.

While we aren’t reprinting the op-ed here, we’ll provide a copy at FarmEquip.org/pig along with Chipotle’s video which aired during the recent Grammy Awards.

Our readers and members are more than capable of drawing their own conclusions, we’re just glad the ad did not go unchallenged and ignited a full week’s worth of responses from various ag groups. Like the ad or hate it, the ad provided modern ag a chance to speak up and make their case to many who would not have been reached otherwise.