Cow Food

[Bonnie and Clyde]

Does anyone know (because its driving us mad) the name of the vegetable grown mainly for feeding Cows? I know it's an odd question but there's is or was a certain veg grown that apparently looks like a large swede that's fed to cows/cattle. We cant think of what its called. Does anyone know?
TIA

[Puggit]

Wrong forum...

[m0isty]

Manglewurzel?

[snuffle]

sugarbeet?

[dougc]

I think all different types of beet are used but most likely its manglewurzel.

[Bonnie and Clyde]

Puggit said:

Wrong forum...

I don't understand the new format of the P&P so I'm not sure where to put it. This place has always been a wealth of general knowledge so i wouldn't have known where else to look.

[TheEnd]

I have a feeling it's manglewurzle that is just meant for cows, as it tastes good to them, but horrible to anything else.
the turnips, beet etc they get are all just the damaged stuff, so were never made with cows specifically in mind.

[Bonnie and Clyde]

Its not Manglewurzel or beet that there thinking of (the OH and MIL) Its apparently sweet to taste as the OH and friends ate one as a child

[MrV]

Silage springs to mind

[Scotfox]

Probably sugarbeet as mentioned before. Sugar can be refined from it and was in the past before it became cheaper to import.

Edited by Scotfox on Saturday 18th April 20:20

[TheEnd]

I thought Manglewurzel was made up, so I made up everything I just said.

Anyway, I can't see any details on cow fuel, but I did find out that cattle always come in twos, as it is a plurale tantum.

[snuffle]

second guess fodder beet?

[Furyous]

Kale....

[V_tricky]

Nah, it's kohlrabi (you can boil it and eat it like a potato, but if sliced very thinly it reminds me of mooli)

Edited by V_tricky on Saturday 18th April 20:54

[Silent1]

To the people saying sugar beet, they're wrong that's mainly grown to be refined down to sugar.

Not many cows are fed on a single veg, they're either pasture fed or kept in a feedlot and fed a kind of muesli.

[mybrainhurts]

Bonnie and Clyde said:

Its not Manglewurzel or beet that there thinking of (the OH and MIL) Its apparently sweet to taste as the OH and friends ate one as a child

What..? A whole cow...?

[ali_kat]

On the dairy farm I lived on, we fed them kale, turnip, alfalfa and silage (which is fermented grass)

[mybrainhurts]

Vegetables for feeding cows...?

Various names...

All in Winky Brown's cabinet....

[Furyous]

Sugar beet pulp is fed in addition.

[D900SP]

Mars bars?