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What's Your"Daily Value" Of Glyphosate? Page 5 of 13 <br /> Keith Lewis, a wheat farmer, has this to say about preharvest <br /> glyphosate spraying: <br /> I have been a wheat farmer for 50 yrs and one <br /> wheat production practice that is very common <br /> is applying the herbicide Roundup (glyposate) <br /> [sic]just prior to harvest. Roundup is licensed for <br /> preharvest weed control. Monsanto, the <br /> manufacturer of Roundup claims that <br /> application to plants at over go% kernel moisture <br /> result in roundup uptake by the plant into the <br /> kernels. <br /> Farmers like this practice because Roundup kills <br /> the wheat plant allowing an earlier harvest. <br /> A wheat field often ripens unevenly, thus <br /> applying Roundup preharvest evens up the <br /> greener parts of the field with the more mature. <br /> The result is on the less mature areas Roundup is <br /> translocated into the kernels and eventually <br /> harvested as such.This practice is not licensed. <br /> Farmers mistakenly call it "dessication."[sic] <br /> Consumers eating products made from wheat <br /> flour are undoubtedly consuming minute <br /> amounts of Roundup.An interesting aside, <br /> malt barley which is made into beer is not <br /> acceptable in the marketplace if it has <br /> been sprayed with preharvest Roundup. <br /> Lentils and peas are not accepted in the market <br /> place if it was sprayed with preharvest <br /> roundup..... but wheat is ok.. This farming <br /> practice greatly concerns me and it should <br /> further concern consumers of wheat products. 171 <br /> So, now you can understand the importance of purchasing <br /> organically-grown cereals, vegetables, grains, and produce—and <br /> all food in general. Animals that are sources of food - meats, <br /> dairy products, and eggs - are fed GMO grains and alfalfa, plus <br /> antibiotics, hormones, and growth enhancer chemicals in their <br /> http://www.the-open-mind.com/whats-your-daily-N6 51e-of-glyphosate/ 3/31/2015 <br />