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Eastern Oregon | My farm was certified organic for six years. The erosion on flood irrigated organic ground was certainly worse. The limitations of what chemicals were allowed necessitated additional tillage. That caused additional run off.
The average yield was half of my conventional neighbors growing the same crops. Yet price was never quite double and it took a lot of haggling, horse trading, and shipping expensive to sell.
The unique perspective that I have rarely heard about is the take on certified organic hay. That stuff produced here was full of noxious weeds. We cannot ultimately say what animal health concerns result from lawful application of common herbicide and pesticides, but noxious weeds on the other hand can be absolutely poisonous, there's no doubt about that.
To me, it's weighing what is known against the unknown. The unknown is scarier, but often times in reality much less dangerous. | |
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