Comments on: Herbicide-Contaminated Manure Damages Organic Crops in Washington State

By: Dr. Carrillo

Dr. Carrillo — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:25:56 +0000

I serve as an expert in agricultural litigation and have worked on cases involving aminopyralid. I feel the lable for this product should only include rangeland, roadside, and CRP lands and should not include any land that is used for crop or forage production. I have seen this product persist for more than 4 years in the soil, plant tissue and manure and may well persist for another 4 years.

By: Ryan Stencel

Ryan Stencel — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 10:35:34 +0000

Jim Cowperthwaite – what was the outcome? I would like to discuss this with you, I am exploring Aminopyralid, which is new to our area. Thinking it maybe should be banned…?

By: Jim Cowperthwaite

Jim Cowperthwaite — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 23:01:27 +0000

Looks like they killed another farm. I have the WSDA coming out Tuesday to look at my failed crops. The prognosis on my continuing to farm doesn’t look too good. Lost a lot of produce in the process, including tomatoes and beans, and will not be able to recycle the leftovers of other plants into compost. My garden and manure chain have been contaminate by what I think is aminopyralid based on the plant symtoms. I have to import straw, hay, feed, and wood chips for the animals I have, with the intent on using the waste in the garden. Guess that will not work any more due to the persistence of this class of herbicides. Can’t believe anybody let this stuff get used with such a large potential for longterm contamination. As far as I know so far, 3 other farms here are affected as of July 20, 2012.

By: LL Bailey

LL Bailey — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:59:04 +0000

I’m looking for an update to this article, what’s been done since? What’ happened to these farms etc. Links anyone?