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Date: | Tue, 1 Mar 2011 10:44:47 -0500 |
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Lloyd said abou t<about using treated seed. "I've heard of it, but we
don't use any and I
don't know anyone who does" .... "Don't use any." "No one around here
sprays corn." >
What we found last year in IL and Indiana - everyone uses treated seed.
Very little spraying of corn with insecticides, except sweet corn.
Herbicides are used, in the field, on the margins btw corn fields and pavement of
roads such as barrow pits, etc.
When we got back to Montana, we asked our 'organic farmers' about treated
seed. They ALL use treated seed:
1) Some didn't even know it was treated, they order out of catalogues,
2) Now that they know its is treated, they'd still order the treated seed
- they know the seed by Trade names THAT they have found work for them,
3) They don't use any sprays,
4) We've been on the hunt for sources of untreated seed - it can be had,
but there are only a handful of organic/heritage seed companies in the US
that provide untreated seed.
So, I suspect the farmers in Lloyd's area do as our 'organic' farmers,
they buy the seed they can get, may not even realize its treated.
Jerry
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