Corn is In

A few gas stations have premium is ethanol free, but that will change shortly as the Government is mandating all gas must have ethanol

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Originally Posted by gbk

Sorry to to hear that Stu-hope she is getting better .


I was on the fence with this ,until I figured out -the engine uses 10 % more of it ,for the same umph........so where there is saving for the environment?
Sometimes Environmental issues makes Government thinks like they are from a Communist Country.............

Where do You buy Ethanol free nowadays?

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Ethanol is why all my vehicles are diesel diesel truck diesel jeep backhoe skid steer have a rat rod with cumins diesel in it
only need for gas is zero turn lawn mower. A diesel one is $8,000 more

On that Mother's Day she was over on the west side of our property doing some gardening along the fence row. It was a beautiful day but very windy coming from the west. I couldn't believe he was even spraying that day. The wind was blowing the spray so much I can't imagine there was much landing on the field. After he went by where she was working just once or twice she went in the house. I was on the east side of the property in a protected area so I didn't notice anything until I saw her go in the house. When I followed her in I saw how the wind was blowing the spray so I covered my face to go in.
She was sick for the rest of that day and part of the next. When she came out the next day she checked on her rabbit that she bought on the Saturday before MD and it was almost like it was paralyzed. It couldn't move it's back end and had the runs and was puking. We took it to the vet but it died before we got there.
She was diagnosed in Nov. of the same year.

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Originally Posted by gbk

Sorry to to hear that Stu-hope she is getting better .


I was on the fence with this ,until I figured out -the engine uses 10 % more of it ,for the same umph........so where there is saving for the environment?
Sometimes Environmental issues makes Government think like they are from a Communist Country.............

Where do You buy Ethanol free nowadays?

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There are a lot of stations now selling it. All CTC gas bars apparently have it. Shell have it and I have been told that Esso has it. Bad thing is it's about .20 cents more.

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Originally Posted by Stu

There are a lot of stations now selling it. All CTC gas bars apparently have it. Shell have it and I have been told that Esso has it. Bad thing is it's about .20 cents more.

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I think it can be 3%-5% before they have to say it’s ethanol blend

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Originally Posted by Stu

On that Mother's Day she was over on the west side of our property doing some gardening along the fence row. It was a beautiful day but very windy coming from the west. I couldn't believe he was even spraying that day. The wind was blowing the spray so much I can't imagine there was much landing on the field. After he went by where she was working just once or twice she went in the house. I was on the east side of the property in a protected area so I didn't notice anything until I saw her go in the house. When I followed her in I saw how the wind was blowing the spray so I covered my face to go in.
She was sick for the rest of that day and part of the next. When she came out the next day she checked on her rabbit that she bought on the Saturday before MD and it was almost like it was paralyzed. It couldn't move it's back end and had the runs and was puking. We took it to the vet but it died before we got there.
She was diagnosed in Nov. of the same year.

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Are you sure it was round up.
I have never heard of any physical damage to humans from roundup..

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Originally Posted by Stu

On that Mother's Day she was over on the west side of our property doing some gardening along the fence row. It was a beautiful day but very windy coming from the west. I couldn't believe he was even spraying that day. The wind was blowing the spray so much I can't imagine there was much landing on the field. After he went by where she was working just once or twice she went in the house. I was on the east side of the property in a protected area so I didn't notice anything until I saw her go in the house. When I followed her in I saw how the wind was blowing the spray so I covered my face to go in.
She was sick for the rest of that day and part of the next. When she came out the next day she checked on her rabbit that she bought on the Saturday before MD and it was almost like it was paralyzed. It couldn't move it's back end and had the runs and was puking. We took it to the vet but it died before we got there.
She was diagnosed in Nov. of the same year.

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Sorry to hear of your troubles
I can remember when they first came out with roundup. It was $80.00 a litre. Was originally a heavy duty cleaner for trucks and trains. Then They seen that ever weed died in yards when used as cleaner. Than it became a herbicide expensive at first but you could spray and kill thistle spots. Then it came off patent and was selling for $4.00 a litre in bulk. I’ve sprayed 1000 of litres in my time. They use to claim so safe you could drink it
Take away roundup food prices would be 1000 times more expensive just saying

Sometimes a farmer will hire a helicopter to spray his fields - I've seen that - and often times when the wind blows the spray lands quite a distance from where it should - on the crops - people need to sue the farmer if his spray lands on your property and makes you sick - there are a lot of stupid people around -

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Originally Posted by dutchhunter

Are you sure it was round up.
I have never heard of any physical damage to humans from roundup..

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Certainly smelled like Round Up. You can find "Roundup Class Suit - Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma" and "Roundup Cancer Risk - Monsanto Class Action Lawsuit"
I'm sure there are more if you look.

I heard about the claims a few years back but they were hung up due to the wording and claims not meeting the warnings of 'Significant exposure'.

I see that it has since been re-written:

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The Plaintiff has served an amended statement of claim. The amendments change the definition of “Significant Exposure” to mean “application of Roundup on more than two occasions in a 12-month period and more than 10 occasions in a lifetime.” A copy of the amended statement of claim can be found here.

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Sorry to hear your wife may have been exposed and has gotten sick. Sounds like she had an allergic-type reaction to it.

These chemicals we use in Agriculture are never 100% safe. My wife is a Bee Keeper and she has stopped me from using it as it's linked to the killing of colonies.