We just returned from Wegman's our local supermarket. I almost made a mistake and purchased "organic" bananas instead of the regular ones. Luckily, I realized the mistake in time.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 11:03 AM, knarf <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm not sure what that has to do with our discussion of corn as a predominant > component in cattle feed. Cattle have evolved over millions of years to eat > grass. Corn is fed to them at feedlots because its incredibly high energy > content bulks them up quickly and cheaply for slaughter. > > But the bovine digestive system isn't designed to consume that much corn. It > leads to bloating and nearly constant low-grade infection such that > prophylactic antibiotics are routinely added to their feed. > > I'm not saying that corn is bad, I'm saying it shouldn't be fed to cattle in > the quantities we see nowadays. > > Cheers, > > frank > > > > On October 31, 2015 10:43:35 AM EDT, "Daniel J. Matyola" > <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote: >>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/26/corn-health-myths-nutrition_n_5591977.html >>http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=90 >>http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/cereal-grains-and-pasta/5687/2 >>Dan Matyola >>http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> >>On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 12:14 AM, knarf <knarftheria...@gmail.com> >>wrote: >>> According to a Young Cattleman on an agriculture propaganda site: >>> >>> "Corn is the predominant grain used because it is a great source of >>starch (carbohydrates) utilized for energy. Other grains used include >>oats, barley, sorghum, distillers (brewers) grains, and by-products of >>numerous grain and fiber milling processes. These are referred to as >>the concentrate portion of the ration. >>> >>> Corn or wheat silage is a very common feed ration ingredient to be >>used. It can account for the forage and concentrate portion of the >>diet. Silage is the entire plant (seed and stalk), harvested in an >>earlier stage with higher moisture, then stored in an anaerobic >>environment (without oxygen) where fermentation occurs and breaks down >>the plant cell walls." >>> >>> That's for beef cattle, anyway. >>> >>> And even if there were soy, it's hardly natural for ruminant. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> frank >>> >>> On October 30, 2015 3:10:27 PM EDT, "P.J. Alling" >><webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>>Soybeans is a large part of animal feed, corn hardly has enough >>>>nourishment. One of the problems of the native American cultures was >>>>lack of large domesticable animals, and suitable easily domesticable >>>>grasses. No culture that had a choice would have chosen Corn, and >>the >>>>only tractable large ruminant in the Americas was, well there wasn't >>>>one. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -- Henri Cartier-Bresson >>> >>> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>and follow the directions. > > -- > > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -- Henri Cartier-Bresson > > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
