Regarding the complications of soil destruction from glyphosate

[truedelphi]

As many of you here in the rural forum are most aware, in order for the Genetically Modified seed crops to come to fruition, they must be sprayed with RoundUp.

The damage that is done to the soil environment from glyphosate in RoundUp is now becoming apparent to researchers, including Dr Huber. His work is showing that once soil is affected by RoundUp, it no longer hosts nutritious micro flora that result in nutritious crops, but rather it hosts a plethora of nasty molds and fungus.

The molds and fungus in some cases are recorded at such high levels that farmers are not allowed to sell their crops. One fungus, fusarium, is so toxic that it resulted in illness, miscarriage and birth defects during a period of time when it was sold as corn for tortillas to the Latino community in Brownville Texas.

In other cases, the recorded molds and fungus simply prevent the farmers from getting the best price for their grains, so the crops are sold, but the farmers lose money after all their months of hard work.

Here is what Jim Martindale, a colleague of Huber's, wrote to me recently:

Please note: the link provided does not work. I will post a second topic when a working link to Huber's research becomes available later this
week.


From Jim Martindale
re: Dr. Huber Staying the Course


Dear Friends,

I am forwarding this link because I am experiencing the same situations in crops and livestock that I work with that Dr. Huber refers to in this letter to Vilsack. This is a second letter to the Secretary and all of the research he is citing is linked to the original publications. So this is a great resource that I hope you will distribute widely amongst clients, friends and enemies.

It's serious folks. This "viral-fungal" organism is fairly obviously reproducing in our soils' rhizosphere. How can I say that? It is now already (without benefit of RR alfalfa seed distribution and sale) impacting forages other than the traited corn crops. My primary experiential case in point is a closed dairy that is sterility pathogen free, that is increasingly losing calves through spontaneous abortion and experiencing an increased calving interval through infertility.

Historically the diet includes less than 25% from GM corn silage. It has remained unchanged since the introduction of GM corn silage five years ago. The problems continue to worsen, however. Since the crop rotation is only two years of corn and then several years of alfalfa, I am increasingly left with the conclusion that the alfalfa that is now being fed that is growing on fields that were planted previously to GM corn are substantially the same crop in terms of the presence of the "viral-fungal" organism. So the percent of the total diet now could be much greater than 25% that is contaminated with the organism. In fact, it now includes nearly half of the alfalfa production. This alfalfa comprises another nearly 40% of the diet when the alfalfa from those fields is being fed. Interestingly, cycles of difficulty exist in this herd. We are about now identifying the round bale alfalfa inventories that originate from previously GM corn fields.

Four years ago this dairy was able to obtain normal dry matter intake levels and milk production in the herd by using one mycotoxin binder for only a short period of time in the fall soon after ensiling. Mycotoxin screens revealed almost total absence of any known mycotoxin. Today, four years later with still no mycotoxins found in the corn silage, the dairy is feeding three mycotoxin binders in order to approach normal feed intake and production. The need now extends into the entire calendar year.

Abortions were unheard of this farm five years ago. The calving interval was rarely over 12.5 and now it is 13.8 months.

I appreciate your involvement in stemming the tide. My greatest fear is that the cows' rumens are reproducing the troublemaker at 36,000X magnification, whether it is in the feed or not, once it has been introduced into the animal in the feeding program. I know this happened with the proliferation of triazine tolerance in lambsquarters in
1979-1981 on a dairy farm in NY State. I suspect this phenomenon is still in effect. Rhizosphere Ecologist, Dr. Jill Clapperton told me in a personal interview that "bacillus bacteria will embrace and reproduce intact anything (peptide chain) in its environment". I'm sure she is not the only scientist who knows this.

God have Mercy.
--

Jim Martindale, Consultant
North American Ag-Gro
President, Soil Regeneration Unlimited
Designer of Curse-Buster™

[KT2000]

1. the biggest problem

with Roundup is that they have done such a thorough job of convincing everyone that it is safe that most people do not pay attention to such information. We really need to get this info out there.
There is ample evidence that it is more dangerous, health wise, than they have said.
Now, there are generic forms of this stuff out there too.

This is good info - awaiting your link so I can pass it on.

[truedelphi]

2. I know the information referenced

Is found inside an article in a publication known as "Ag Professional" so if you have access to that - you might be able to find it.

It probably was put out there some six months or so back. Certainly not more than eighteen mos ago.

And I will put up the link as soon as Martindale forwards it to me.

[KT2000]

3. OK - Thanks!

We have an organic farmer in our town whose name is Nash Huber. He was a chemical engineer working at 3M when he realized these companies were really conducting human experiments with their products. He left and has become successful in organic farming. Anyway, wonder if this Huber is related.

[KT2000]

4. Found it!

thanks for the lead:

http://agprofessional.com/show_story.php?id=1318206

[HillbillyBob]

5. We use round up in very limited amts and only on poison ivy, sumac and

honey suckle. I mean direct spray on the plants never on areas that we eventually plant on. We have what used to be a tobacco field for a yard, it was worked or 270 yrs, then our house was built on what used to be the barn site. that was 18 yrs ago and we have been building up the soil since we bought in 4 yrs ago. Eventually the areas where the poison ivy is will be orchard but we plant to leave fallow for a few years while we treat with compost and mycorrhiza