Kern County Supervisors are seriously looking at banning the spreading of livestock manure on crops grown for humans.

They put a pause on the rule Tuesday, after ag interests complained they hadn't been given a chance to contribute to discussion of the issues surrounding such a ban.

No speaker at the meeting said they supported fertilizing food crops with untreated cow manure.

But leaders from the cattle industry did say they wanted to see science proving a direct connection between cow feces and e. coli illness that have killed people in recent years.

Food and Drug Administration officials say they've traced the source of 205 food borne cases of e. coli to a single field in San Benito County through DNA sampling.

Cattlemen don't think the  FDA has proven the cow manure was the sorce of the e. coli in the field.

What do you think Kern County should do? Ban cow manure or leave the ag industry to police itself?

James Burger