Think Twice About Spreading Manure on Your Garden
During my tenure as your Agricultural Extension Agent, I have observed five gardens in Chouteau County where gardens produced no vegetables. Plants that did emerge were stunted and did not produce. The cause of these devastated gardens is usually one of two things. Either pesticide contaminated manure has been applied to the garden, or too much manure has been added to the garden.
One issue that can result from a manure application is pesticide contamination. Do not use manure from animals that have grazed forage or pastures treated with high-r...
