GMOs and Fertility

The information presented here, has caused this journalist to want to do further research.  In homesteading for nearly a decade, I've watched the fertility rate decrease in my goat herd.  When I first began homesteading, triplets didn't arrive every day, but were certainly not uncommon.  Usually, at least one doe gave birth to triplets each year.  Twins were abundant!  It seemed in 2010 that all changed.  It probably wasn't that drastic, but that was the last year twin deliveries exceeded single births, and the last year for triplets.

I'll be clear about this, as I never purchased the special feed with hormones to increase weight and productivity, but it is available.  I also made a point of not purchasing medicated feed, but organic and natural are defined rather vaguely, so I'm sure in the mix, even without hormones and medication, it wasn't without human tampering . . .

 Our Creator impressed upon me last year to begin raising my own livestock feed, as GMOs are rumored to be causing fertility issues.  So, I did what I understood to do.  I raised an heirloom beet that was recommended for growth and weight in livestock.  The herd loved them!  I didn't plant enough last year, so I have had to purchase some non-GMO feed which is more expensive than what I used to buy, but I didn't purchase any feed until this last month, when I ran out of the beets I'd raised.

Interestingly this year, with the exception of two young nannies, this year's kids are arriving in pairs.  I realize this isn't enough research to draw a conclusion at this time, but it is enough evidence that I'll be raising my own livestock feed again this year.