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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 Name: thistle control.jpg Views: 1 Size: 99.2 KB ID: 764975
        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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