Market Farming

["Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>]

Just a comment. Clopyralid is unlikely to be used on alfalfa hay because it
would damage the alfalfa. If the dairy cattle are being fed alfalfa (or
clover), you shouldn't have to worry about clopyralid in their manure.

Bill Shoemaker
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
Univ of Illinois - St Charles Hort Research Center



> This is all, of course, giving me thought
>about using the dairy manure.  The way I read the clopyralid article - it's
>a herbicide that's used on lawns and on agricultural crops if it was in the
>straw - is this correct?  The dairy manure would have no bedding mixed in -
>they are pastured when not being milked but they are probably feed hay -
>don't know the source for sure - but I can ask.  Can the manure be tested
>prior to taking it for any of these pesticides and where would it be
tested?
>joan
>windwalker farm
>ottawa, kansas