glyphosate (roundup) can and does cause spontaneous abortion in cattle. For years I investigated why my cattle in the January- March time frame ..from time to time and not every year ..abort calves. The problem is not pervasive, but does occur with some frequency. As an organic farmer, I was concerned that something in my farming practices perhaps was the culprit. I then tested all my water sources, finding elevated levels of nitrates/nitrites from time to time, but not at toxic levels. The problem only occurs when there is limited snow cover over frozen ground and it rains cats & dogs. The resultant "runoff" from neighboring chemically farmed fields to the east, which are somewhat higher in elevation than my farm ..makes it into my water supply. I have had occurrences where the cow aborted its calf less than 50 yards from a water source, on a number of occasions. I recently read that research has concluded that glyphosate, will, given the right circumstances cause spontaneous abortion in cattle. That was last winter..the cow aborted..was bred back a month later and a month ago dropped a healthy calf. Some studies say glyphosate breaks down, while other studies say that it doesn't... fascinating argument going on where money meets reality. As time goes on we are discovering more and more unintended consequences regarding agricultural chemicals and GMO plants/crops. Recent evidence is suggesting soil microorganism changes regarding soils that grow GMOs... and these changes are not for the good. Are we poisoning the environment ??? to a "Machiavellian"..I suppose it doesn't matter.
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