Comments on: Manure Problem Again! & Harvesting

By: george porter

george porter — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:14:56 +0000

dear sir
is it safe to eat crops that have been grown in manure
which as had aminopyralid in it.

george porter

By: John

John — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:40:59 +0000

The information I have is online in the main article -

Aminopyralid Herbicide Residue in Manure Killing Crops

if you have specific questions regarding safety of eating contaminated food, effects on grazing animals etc they should be addressed to DOW directly.

By: Milly Hurst

Milly Hurst — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:17:33 +0000

I would like to know if it is possible that peas, for example, may look fine and seem unaffected but still be unsafe to eat. Our potatoes were terrible and we have thrown them out, but we believe the pea bed may have been treated with the same contaminated manure in 2007.

By: Marti Leimbach

Marti Leimbach — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:15:43 +0000

Hi,

I have my own manure from my horses. Are you saying that the contamination came from the bedding that the manure was on? Or that the horses ingested some weedkiller through the pasture and then contaminated the droppings?

It would be interesting to know what the source of the contamination was! I usually use something called “aubiose” as bedding. It is a hemp product. I don’t use a lot of it.

My field gets spot-sprayed with Grazon 90 sometimes. Could that actually contaminate the horse (!) and then the manure? You keep the horses off the spot-weeded sections for at least 2 weeks.

Thank you!

Marti

By: nickyveglover

nickyveglover — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:49:19 +0000

Hi John just got your newsletter, I luckily dont have access to farm or stable manure. Im sure it must be a real problem and worry for a lot of you. you will all have to just not use it any more but it sounds like a lot of damage has already been done which is a real pity after all the gone in to grow the veg.