Our unwanted food is going out to pasture; and it turns out the cows have quite the sweet tooth. Recently sheriff deputies in dodge county, Wisconsin discovered an unusual sight; thousands of red skittles, all over the highway. According to the Washington Post, after a few days of investigating, the deputies discovered that a truck carrying the candy was on its way to be mixed with cattle feed and then fed to cattle. Unfortunately for the cows, it overturned before it reached its destination. And it turns out handing over discarded candy to the cattle isn’t uncommon. Since a drought hit many states across the country the price of feed rations for beef and dairy cows has gone up. So brokers are gathering up discarded food and offering them up for the highest bid to farmers. And yes in some cases, those buckets of food include things such as gummy worms, cookies and skittles. Farmers say this is good practice for cows because their bodies can digest things that other animals can’t utilize. So to them a little candy is as good as all natural corn feed.Candy for Cows
Our unwanted food is going out to pasture; and it turns out the cows have quite the sweet tooth. Recently sheriff deputies in dodge county, Wisconsin discovered an unusual sight; thousands of red skittles, all over the highway. According to the Washington Post, after a few days of investigating, the deputies discovered that a truck carrying the candy was on its way to be mixed with cattle feed and then fed to cattle. Unfortunately for the cows, it overturned before it reached its destination. And it turns out handing over discarded candy to the cattle isn’t uncommon. Since a drought hit many states across the country the price of feed rations for beef and dairy cows has gone up. So brokers are gathering up discarded food and offering them up for the highest bid to farmers. And yes in some cases, those buckets of food include things such as gummy worms, cookies and skittles. Farmers say this is good practice for cows because their bodies can digest things that other animals can’t utilize. So to them a little candy is as good as all natural corn feed.