Posted by rockyridgefarm on April 18, 2018 at 07:39:36 from (69.131.200.47):
In Reply to: Organic 'Fad' Grows posted by Traditional Farmer on April 18, 2018 at 05:32:16:
I was a commercial pesticide applicator for 9 years. I have sprayed tens of thousands of acres over that time.
My neighbor, who's been organic for 20 years, was contacted by a company looking to buy organic wheat. They'll pay a $5 premium over the market price (about $9.50 right now) BUT you have to submit a sample so they can test it for residual Glyphosate. His sample failed. This is ground that hasn't had glyphosate sprayed on it in over 20 years. It's one of the safest chemicals available, much safer than dicamba or 2,4d, but it's still there and in testable amounts in organic wheat.
And I hear on the radio the ad for insecticides you can FEED to your dairy cattle to kill flies in the manure. REALLY?!?
Then there was Milestone, which is an aminoclopyrolid, that horse owners sprayed on thier pastures and allowed the horses to graze after the grazing interval. It was consumed, went through the horse, was "deposited", and cleaned up to be used in gradens, where it killed the next year's tomatoes.
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