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<blockquote data-quote="Bez&amp;gt;" data-source="post: 362001" data-attributes="member: 6007"><p>Stepper wrote:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I will include a comment from above:</p><p></p><p>bigbull338 wrote:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I am well aware that chicken litter is still fed to cattle in the U.S. of A. - and you can search for it here on this board and folks will tell you about how they feed it - whether that is legal or not I cannot state - but it is still common practise in some areas.</p><p></p><p>I am also well aware of the practical uses for litter as fertilizer. In fact I helped my neighbour spread several hundred tonnes of it two years or so ago.</p><p></p><p>I am simply stating that it should not be used as pasture fertilizer due to the potentials I mentioned. Valid reasons as well.</p><p></p><p>I have been subjected to many slurs and arrows as a Canadian producer due to the problems we have had in this country.</p><p></p><p>Due to this BSE - literally a crisis - you will never see litter used as a pasture fertilizer or as a feed in Canada again. In fact it is now illegal to use as fertilizer unless strictly used on grain crops.</p><p></p><p>It is too large a risk and I would ask you this - if you were selling direct - would you advertise this? Clients in the know would likely run.</p><p></p><p>As you say - you are the number one "super (supper) power" and I know - I worked with U.S. Army Special Forces as a "consultant" for a long time - good work if you can take the risks. But that has no bearing on this topic.</p><p></p><p>But I would tell you that I do not have one oita of faith in your USDA - no more than our own CFIA - and I am not stating this because of reasons you might think - fact is litter is dangerous and sooner or later you will see this ruling changed.</p><p></p><p>I will also bet if foreign clients find this out you will see yet again more trouble with your export makets. They certainly had a bird (pardon the pun) when a couple of bone chips were found in a box of meat. </p><p></p><p>In closing - you make the comment about nibbling. I respond to that by saying all it takes is one wrong nibble and you are in trouble.</p><p></p><p>Bad stuff and bad policy does not make for good ag produce.</p><p></p><p>Spoke my piece - over to you for follow up. I am out of this one - this is why I eat my own animals.</p><p></p><p>Bez></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bez>, post: 362001, member: 6007"] Stepper wrote: I will include a comment from above: bigbull338 wrote: I am well aware that chicken litter is still fed to cattle in the U.S. of A. - and you can search for it here on this board and folks will tell you about how they feed it - whether that is legal or not I cannot state - but it is still common practise in some areas. I am also well aware of the practical uses for litter as fertilizer. In fact I helped my neighbour spread several hundred tonnes of it two years or so ago. I am simply stating that it should not be used as pasture fertilizer due to the potentials I mentioned. Valid reasons as well. I have been subjected to many slurs and arrows as a Canadian producer due to the problems we have had in this country. Due to this BSE - literally a crisis - you will never see litter used as a pasture fertilizer or as a feed in Canada again. In fact it is now illegal to use as fertilizer unless strictly used on grain crops. It is too large a risk and I would ask you this - if you were selling direct - would you advertise this? Clients in the know would likely run. As you say - you are the number one "super (supper) power" and I know - I worked with U.S. Army Special Forces as a "consultant" for a long time - good work if you can take the risks. But that has no bearing on this topic. But I would tell you that I do not have one oita of faith in your USDA - no more than our own CFIA - and I am not stating this because of reasons you might think - fact is litter is dangerous and sooner or later you will see this ruling changed. I will also bet if foreign clients find this out you will see yet again more trouble with your export makets. They certainly had a bird (pardon the pun) when a couple of bone chips were found in a box of meat. In closing - you make the comment about nibbling. I respond to that by saying all it takes is one wrong nibble and you are in trouble. Bad stuff and bad policy does not make for good ag produce. Spoke my piece - over to you for follow up. I am out of this one - this is why I eat my own animals. Bez> [/QUOTE]
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