Glyphosate and feed

[sk_wheatking]

I don't like pre harvest glyphosate application. I'm actually surprised it's not banned. Glyphosate is an important tool in agriculture. Without it there would be serious issues with soil erosion from tillage. I just think that maybe it should be stopped being used as a desicant. I have done it myself though so who am I to judge.

[furrowtickler]

Those cattle probably died from grain overload ?? Something don't seem right.
Guys have been using RR corn all over here for many years , grazing and silage .
The only issues ever are from grain overload from not properly managing ripe mature corn , or from moulds from last years very wet cool fall .
I know guys that have used RR corn for grazing and or silage for over 10 years , never an issue - ever . In fact their cattle weights are up and herd health better than ever.
Something seems odd with the WP article , but who knows the real story ?
Agree that too much of anything is not good , same with glyphosate, but that last application was probably way back in mid July at most likely 1/2 lt / ac .

[Oliver88]

That's not a citation, that's an article about a vet being paid handsomely, owner of, and in total conflict by the organic industry promoting themselves. The Western Producer once again doing the proper journalistic background and conflict checks...... Not! They got suckered.

Which is why i asked for a citation of glyphosate damage to cattle.

Good points Tweety.

The Western Producer should be able to explain their fact checking if subscribers were to inquire I hope?

[furrowtickler]

Will be interesting to watch this story unfold . If that trace amount of glyphosate is actually responsible for the issues stated , then yes it's a major issue .
Glyphosate is under major scrutiny all over the world and has been for some time .

[ColevilleH2S]

The plural of anecdote is not data.

The actual data shows that since the widespread use of glyphosate began, milk yields have doubled. So how much of a problem could it be?
[URL="http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewDocumentInfo.do?documentID=1103"]Milk yield data[/URL]

[tweety]

Will be interesting to watch this story unfold . If that trace amount of glyphosate is actually responsible for the issues stated , then yes it's a major issue .
Glyphosate is under major scrutiny all over the world and has been for some time .

And THAT is what the organic industry did right here. It gave furrow doubt, posted his doubt in public, and completely ignored the thousands of actual peer reviewed studies that show it doesn't, doing great marketing for the organic industry - for free.

Now multiply the furrows by a million tweeting and facebooking and commenting, and you have customers for your products worth billions without spending a dime on an actual study to prove anything.

Disgusting, but that's the organic industry.

[the big wheel]

And how many studies paid for by Monsanto???
Just as many paid for by the bias the other way too. Was it not admittedly a carcinogen? But then again so is everything else.

[furrowtickler]

Easy there Tweety , lol , having a bad day?
The only doubt I have that there is actually a link between the two . Lots of studies show like you stated , it's a non issue . I stated thoughts in the post before.
But you seem to jump to your own conclusion fairly quickly from one word "if".
But I guess if that's your interpretation of what I said .... lol .

[TSIPP]

So its a non issue, sprinkling poisoning onto food,I guess my liver must need a workout anyways I got one might as well use the darn thing.

Maybe the big tobacco companies can convince us that smoking is still good for us.

[Jay-mo]

Is this Agriville or Hippyville??

[Blaithin]

Has there not been a link to glyphosate and breeding issues in cattle? I’m sure there was a research paper on it a couple years back. On my phone so can’t be arsed to try and find it, but pretty sure I wouldnt hallucinate the entire thing.

But who knows, maybe I would!

[pourfarmer]

That's not a citation, that's an article about a vet being paid handsomely, owner of, and in total conflict by the organic industry promoting themselves. The Western Producer once again doing the proper journalistic background and conflict checks...... Not! They got suckered.

Which is why i asked for a citation of glyphosate damage to cattle.

Citation of payment to the vet please.