From: http://www.growingformarket.com/followup.html
~ Follow Up ~ Supplemental information to stories in the
Growing for Market newsletter - March 2001

~ Pesticide Drift can be a problem for both organic and non-organic
vegetable and fruit farmers. Here are some of the web sites we found
especially lucid on the subject of drift:

http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/~ipm/news/frveg9901.html
http://www.ext.nodak.edu/extpubs/plantsci/weeds/a657w.htm
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~ohioline/b816/b816_21.html
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**Note from Ericka -
The information on herbicide drift applies to *all* plants, natives,
prairie, etc. - if you'd like more information - a great guide to herbicide
drift  protection is published by ISU Extension entitled:

 "Protecting Iowa's Rare and Endangered Plant Species"

It's free if you call extension and ask for #Pm-1506. It lists all commonly
used herbicides by brand name AND common/chemical name.

I find the information in Appendix III especially useful - "Relative risk
for injury to broadleaf plants from off-target movement of herbicides
commonly used in Iowa corn and soybean production" - this chart identifies
Low, Moderate and High Risk Herbicides (file: Agronomy 9).

BTW, Roundup is on the High Risk list, as is 2,4-D which it is typically
combined with by chemical applicators. If you are taking care of a prairie
plot or growing a garden, this is a great brochure to give neighboring
farmers - it might encourage them to choose a lower risk herbicide this
spring. Herbicide spraying usually starts next month and continues through
June - in some years there is a third application in early July.

Also - it has been reported in midwestern farm journals that a bean leaf
beetle infestation is likely to occur AGAIN this year, so if you are working
outside near soybean fields, do take cover if you see cropdusters. They will
likely be spraying Furadan (carbofuran) this fall, possibly earlier - & you
don't want to be exposed to it - (WW2 nerve gas, highly toxic to birds,
fish, mammals, and insects).

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