RR Forage (Roundup Ready)

[blessings farms]

  Our efforts to develop a better pasture area have come to this question. What could the effects off RR forage have ? Nancy and I do not feel we want this, we do not even want bailer treated forage,
we would rather salt it like we use to on the farm. (Family farm does not exist anymore).
  Would appreciate responses to this.
  Anyone interested or any scientists on this please help evaluate. Goggle RR Forage, Roundup ready forage, UCDAVIS.EDU/PDF18153.PDF , OARDC.Ohio-STATE.EDU/Forge 2013/2013 FORAGE.PDF
  Our local family owned seed company is working on our mix now, but 1st question was do you want RR and why not? It appears after
a month of reading documents I cant understand this is our evaluation.
  Has it come to the point that even purchased forage needs to be checked? RR forage is not able to be exported but yet it is showing up in small traces in Non Modified forage and being rejected with
in 2 years (Article Washington State rejects export forage) of final approval of RR alfalfa and lumus grasses. Initial Monsanto approval was given in 2002 if I recall correctly but was held up in lawsutes
until final approval in 2012.

  Thanks for your time.

[zephyrhillsusan]

After watching "Food, Inc." and "The Future of Food" I would not have anything to do with Monsanto or its products. I would highly recommend watching those movies.

[wvdexters]

We try very hard here to stay as natural as possible. I avoid all Monsanto products.

[blessings farms]

 Thanks for replies we have no intention of using RR products on our property but are concerned about unintentionaly having
it through purchased forage for winter and cross polination.

[copperhead]

To me, the biggest problem with feeding RR forages is that the round up goes through the animal, and if the manure is used for compost or fertilizer, you are killing your plants with the very thing that was supposed to help them grow. this is becoming a big problem with compost that people are buying, I won't use any product from Montsanto ! You will have to ask your suppliers if they have used round up, a lot of hay is advertised as sprayed and fertilized, ask what it was sprayed with.

[karenp]

Lower Delaware

I am certainly not a Monsanto fan, but "killer compost" comes from aminopyralid contaminated manure not glyphosate (round up). I still avoid GMO if possible.