katrina
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Sunflowers
Sunflowers
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CattleArmy
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Cool pictures ty for posting.
nenmrancher
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Dumb question from the rancher in NM but here goes. Are those volunteer or did someone plant them?
IL Rancher
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I'm going to say those were planted... That was one of the neatest things I saw the first time I drove out west.. Somewhere in South Dakota, or maybe it was Western Minni, the sunflowers started up.. Never had seen fields like that before..
They tried them around here 20 years ago I am told and folks still plant small acre plots for Dove plots but that is about it.. We get lots of volunteers, mostly from doves crapping while they sit on the fence lines..
They tried them around here 20 years ago I am told and folks still plant small acre plots for Dove plots but that is about it.. We get lots of volunteers, mostly from doves crapping while they sit on the fence lines..
nenmrancher
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We get the volunteers all over the place but no one plants any fields like that here.
Shortgrass
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Those look to be the big ones like for sunflower seeds or oil. They are planted commonly in parts of eastern Colorado. A pretty good crop for this area.
Big Muddy rancher
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That's Katrina's answer to the Saudis.
Runs her truck on Biodiesel just like Willie. :lol:
Runs her truck on Biodiesel just like Willie. :lol:
Julie
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Those are beautiful...
Kinda does look a NM highway right of way
Kinda does look a NM highway right of way
Jassy
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Those huge sunflowers in a field like that are a spectacular view from a plane...we flew over em once...talk about color! Thanks Katrina!
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Big Muddy rancher said:
I'll bet Katrina's biodiesel outfit don't look as spiffy as this one of Jay Leno's--Watch the video....
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/AutoshowArticles/articleId=117367
rkaiser
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And the answer to how to get back the CLA and some other things we have lost in our grain fed beeves.
Great pictures.
Sunflower seed boosts CLA
One series of studies conducted under the beef module examined the effects of adding sunflower seed to finishing diets for steers. Because sunflower seed contains high levels of linoleic acid, the fatty acid that is converted to CLA in the rumen, researchers wanted to see if using it as a feed supplement would result in higher levels of CLA in beef.
Researchers found that by substituting a portion of the grain in the finishing diet with sunflower seed they could increase levels of CLA 9,11 and CLA 10, 12 – the two major types of CLA that have been linked to potential human health benefits.
"The level of increase depended on specific treatment," says Long He. "However, we found that we could achieve a doubling of CLA levels with relatively simple changes to typical diets." These modest changes had no significant negative impact on important factors such as dry matter intake, average daily gain and feed-to-gain ratio.
Reducing liver abscesses
A related beef module study compared the effects of diets that included dietary sunflower seed vs. typical diets that included Tylosin phosphate – an antiobiotic used as an aid in the prevention of liver abscesses. Animals fed sunflower seed showed no incidence of liver abscesses, compared to the 25 percent incidence shown in animals fed control and control/Tylosin phosphate diets.
Public pressure continues to increase for reduced use of antibiotics in livestock production, notes Long He. "The results of this study introduce an added incentive to consider adding sunflower seed to livestock diets. This practice would allow beef producers to support increased CLA levels and promote animal health at the same time."
Great pictures.
Sunflower seed boosts CLA
One series of studies conducted under the beef module examined the effects of adding sunflower seed to finishing diets for steers. Because sunflower seed contains high levels of linoleic acid, the fatty acid that is converted to CLA in the rumen, researchers wanted to see if using it as a feed supplement would result in higher levels of CLA in beef.
Researchers found that by substituting a portion of the grain in the finishing diet with sunflower seed they could increase levels of CLA 9,11 and CLA 10, 12 – the two major types of CLA that have been linked to potential human health benefits.
"The level of increase depended on specific treatment," says Long He. "However, we found that we could achieve a doubling of CLA levels with relatively simple changes to typical diets." These modest changes had no significant negative impact on important factors such as dry matter intake, average daily gain and feed-to-gain ratio.
Reducing liver abscesses
A related beef module study compared the effects of diets that included dietary sunflower seed vs. typical diets that included Tylosin phosphate – an antiobiotic used as an aid in the prevention of liver abscesses. Animals fed sunflower seed showed no incidence of liver abscesses, compared to the 25 percent incidence shown in animals fed control and control/Tylosin phosphate diets.
Public pressure continues to increase for reduced use of antibiotics in livestock production, notes Long He. "The results of this study introduce an added incentive to consider adding sunflower seed to livestock diets. This practice would allow beef producers to support increased CLA levels and promote animal health at the same time."
katrina
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Big Muddy rancher wrote:
I always heard that his herb was top shelf
Lord I just could not wait to find out for myself.
Well don't knock it till you've tried it.
And I've tried it my friend.
I'll never smoke Weed with willie again!
Now we learned a hard lesson in a small Texas town
He fired up a fat boy and he passed it around
The last words I spoke before they tucked me in
I may discount Bungee jump but,
I'll never smoke weed with Willie again.
I'll never smoke weed with Willie again
My party's all over before it begins
You can pour me some Old Whiskey River my friend.
But I'll never smoke weed with Willie again
We hopped on his old bus the Honeysuckel Rose
The party was Huntsville, it was after the show
Alone in the front lounge, just me and him
I took one friendly puff and the grim creeper set in
Now we're passin' the guitar, we're tellin' good jokes
I can tell one's a comin' 'cause I'm smellin' smoke
No I do not partake I just let it pass by
With a grin on my face and a great contact high
In the fetal position with drool on my chin
We broke down and smoked weed with Willie again
:cowboy:
I always heard that his herb was top shelf
Lord I just could not wait to find out for myself.
Well don't knock it till you've tried it.
And I've tried it my friend.
I'll never smoke Weed with willie again!
Now we learned a hard lesson in a small Texas town
He fired up a fat boy and he passed it around
The last words I spoke before they tucked me in
I may discount Bungee jump but,
I'll never smoke weed with Willie again.
I'll never smoke weed with Willie again
My party's all over before it begins
You can pour me some Old Whiskey River my friend.
But I'll never smoke weed with Willie again
We hopped on his old bus the Honeysuckel Rose
The party was Huntsville, it was after the show
Alone in the front lounge, just me and him
I took one friendly puff and the grim creeper set in
Now we're passin' the guitar, we're tellin' good jokes
I can tell one's a comin' 'cause I'm smellin' smoke
No I do not partake I just let it pass by
With a grin on my face and a great contact high
In the fetal position with drool on my chin
We broke down and smoked weed with Willie again
:cowboy:
