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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: clydesdaleclopper on October 28, 2015, 11:03:19 pm

Title: A good reason to feed GM free feed
Post by: clydesdaleclopper on October 28, 2015, 11:03:19 pm

An interesting study here http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921448815000528 (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921448815000528) shows goat kids from mums fed GM soy had stunted growth

Title: Re: A good reason to feed GM free feed
Post by: Marches Farmer on October 29, 2015, 03:47:40 pm

Interesting - or was it that the non-GM kids had better than normal growth?  Probably need further study - must be difficult for folks in the US to get non-GM.  Doesn't say what the GM proportion of overall feed was.

Title: Re: A good reason to feed GM free feed
Post by: Lesley Silvester on November 02, 2015, 08:33:17 pm

It's not so easy in this country. I did have my girls on Allen and Page with is GM-free but none of my local suppliers will get it for me, even though they stock other Allen and Page feeds, such as chicken feed. I could order it direct but the postage doubles the price. I'm left with having to buy what I can get rather than what I choose.

Title: Re: A good reason to feed GM free feed
Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on November 02, 2015, 10:59:16 pm

I find it quite difficult to buy in Non GM feed for the animals, but there are a few suppliers who do Non GM and GM which I know of, but it is really only for cattle.

Title: Re: A good reason to feed GM free feed
Post by: Susannah on November 03, 2015, 07:39:34 am

Fancy Feeds do GM free goat feed. Mine love the molassed one. It is cheaper than A&P and in a larger bag!

Title: Re: A good reason to feed GM free feed
Post by: Lesley Silvester on November 03, 2015, 11:18:30 pm

Thanks, Scarlet Dragon. I hadn't thought of that.