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Boulder County, Colorado Cows Eat Weeds Pictures - 2007 and 2008

   
Before grazing:
Patch 1 before
Trainee eats knapweed from tub
Heifer eats plain knapweed from tub

Cows Eat diffuse knapweed in pasture

Cows grazing late-season diffuse knapweed

After grazing:
Patch 2 after
Cows ate the weed well in pasture from July 18 - 20. We moved the cows to a new, 40 acre pasture at about 10 am on the morning of the 20th where they continued to eat knapweed.
Heifer eats knapweed in pasture
Cows grazing late-season diffuse knapweed

Example of grazed knapweed

Example of grazed diffuse knapweed