Belinda, CLA and grain, was Re: pastured vs. range-fed

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> This seems a bit strange. We let our cows and goats into the

wheat and corn

> fields to finish off whatever we may have dropped or missed

when we

> harvested. What you are saying is that they have a significatnly

reduced

> amount of CLA?

It says " Grazing mature standing corn, feeding corn silage and

feeding grain were all roughly equal in their ability to reduce CLA

percentages. However, wheat, oats, rye and corn grazed in their

green leaf stage had no impact on CLA. "

> We have " wild " grains growing all over our pastures... There

> must be something I'm not getting here.

I think in a natural or pasture setting, " wild " grains would not be

consumed in concentrated amounts like happens when we feed

our domestic animals pounds of grain at a time. I think mixed in

with the other pasture forage, the natural, wild, small grains,

even when mature at the end of the season, would not be

enough to change the environment in the rumen enough to alter

the bacterial action significantly (which is what makes the CLA).

If you're interested in more detail, you may be able to contact the

Dr. himself, http://advs.usu.edu/advs/dhiman/tdhiman.htm .

Aubin