Worth,
Yes it is and if it and cow stuff isn't "composted" or worked into the soil, can be quite dangerous.
Several years ago, I think in Arkansas, a supposed "organic" farmer sprayed raw hog manure on his growing cantaloup crop. I believe melons were already on the plants. That was 1 of 3 big recalls in just a couple of years. That was for Salmonella I think. I tried to find an article on it but it was too long ago (more than 5 years)
Those big ag failures were what screwed us farmers market growers as that's when many health depts changed their "sampling" rules. We could sell many more melons and heirloom tomatoes when we could give samples.
Carol
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