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  • monte
    Senior Member
    • Feb 2000
    • 209

    #11
    Interesting weed control idea if it works.

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    • grassfarmer
      Senior Member
      • Jul 2002
      • 9734

      #12
      Never found thistles to be much of a problem in a properly managed perennial pasture situation. Click image for larger version

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      Smart cattle recognize thistles for what they are - another valuable with a feed value roughly the same as alfalfa. Yearling bulls moved off this pasture this morning.

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      • nicolaas
        Senior Member
        • Feb 2005
        • 325

        #13
        wow, my cows are stupid!!

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        • grassfarmer
          Senior Member
          • Jul 2002
          • 9734

          #14
          Originally posted by nicolaas View Post
          wow, my cows are stupid!!
          There are a lot of stupid ones around apparently. Kathy Voth has run a remedial school for them since 2004.

          [URL="http://www.livestockforlandscapes.com/cowmanagers.htm"]http://http://www.livestockforlandscapes.com/cowmanagers.htm[/URL]

          Mine were all self taught but they have a genetic advantage.

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          • freewheat
            Senior Member
            • Aug 2007
            • 2981

            #15
            The sheep love thistles and stinging nettles too.

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            • grassfarmer
              Senior Member
              • Jul 2002
              • 9734

              #16
              Originally posted by freewheat View Post
              The sheep love thistles and stinging nettles too.
              Yeah? I've never had sheep eat anything other than the flower buds and that was a rarity. Nettles yes, both cows and sheep as they are such a nutritional powerhouse.

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