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Comment on Grazing Leafy Spurge by kvoth

kvoth — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:01:49 +0000

Hi Jennifer,

Thanks! I haven’t looked into horses eating leafy spurge. I’ll take a look and see what I can find.

Comment on Grazing Leafy Spurge by Jennifer Baker

Jennifer Baker — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:44:43 +0000

Great Blog! I just stumbled upon it while looking for a good image of leafy spurge to use in a blog about this invasive…wanted to write about the plant in horse pastures. Any experience with horses eating this plant? Or…training them to eat it as well?

Comment on Recommended Videos to Learn More About Teaching Livestock to Eat Weeds by Billy Foster

Billy Foster — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:09:11 +0000

Hi Kathy
Great webinar
You have peaked my curiosity in your method. I keep a small flock of sheep in Maine and have some trouble with Bracken fern and Nut sedge. pasture improvement and rotational grazing have made a difference but I am now thinking some additional training to the sheep could help the process.

I think you book is going to be the next one on the reeding list!

Billy Foster
Poland Maine
wayworn3@yahoo.com

Comment on Cows Eat Multiflora Rose! by kvoth

kvoth — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:36:37 +0000

Awesome! Thanks for the picture!

Comment on Cows Eat Multiflora Rose! by Oliver

Oliver — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:15:05 +0000

Will do re/ vids. In the meantime, here’s an Instagram shot of Java (a young Scottish Highland bull) eating some of the multiflora rose from the tub: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RndwkR1EfCA/T5lfaqKnqSI/AAAAAAADpL0/GX2XEb4jdXY/s720/DSC00266.JPG

Comment on Cows Eat Multiflora Rose! by kvoth

kvoth — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:55:14 +0000

Great! I know you do videos from time to time, so I hope you’ll take some video of your cows eating multiflora rose and share it with everyone!

Comment on Cows Eat Multiflora Rose! by Oliver

Oliver — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:49:18 +0000

Thanks for the feedback and info Kathy! I’m on Day 3 of doing this with my Highlands and so far so good. It is pretty funny to be out there trimming the multiflora rose like I’m trying to improve each bush ! But, very rewarding to see the cowies munching it down out of the bins. I’ll keep ya posted.

Comment on Cows Eat Multiflora Rose! by Steve

Steve — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:17:56 +0000

This is a great news to read! We (Kansas) are having issues with Multiflora Rose. One of two way that they are treated; chemical, burning or both in one season. Keep it up Kathy! HUZZAH! HUZZAH! HUZZAH!

Comment on Cows Eat Multiflora Rose! by kvoth

kvoth — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:52:03 +0000

I had Greg and his Dad feed the ends of branches with thorns and all. The idea is to have something the cow can put in her mouth when eating from a tub, but to keep it as similar as possible to the plant in pasture.

I’ve found that cattle and goats both bite off the same size branches, but cattle then go on to break down larger brush than goats can. A study done in Wisconsin shows that cattle can also do a great job when it comes to removing brush as part of a forest savannah rehabilitation project. Here’s a link to information about the project on my website: http://www.livestockforlandscapes.com/brush.htm

You’ll especially like that they used Highland cattle for this project.

Comment on Cows Eat Multiflora Rose! by Oliver

Oliver — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:18:52 +0000

Did you feed complete branches w/ thorns or just the leaves in the tubs? Thanks!