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Red Skittles Cover Wisconsin Highway in Candy Meant for Cows

Hundreds of thousands of red Skittles coated a Wisconsin highway after the candies fell off a flatbed pickup Tuesday.
The spill happened shortly before 9 p.m. on County Highway S near Blackbird Road, the Dodge County Sheriff`s Office said in a Facebook post. The Skittles were intended to become cattle feed after failing to make the cut for packaging. They spilled after the box they were carried in became wet in the rain.
“We got a big whiff which is obviously the smell of Skittles,” Sheriff Dale Schmidt said, according to WBAY-TV.



As corn prices have risen, farmers have turned to discarded cookies, candies, fruit, and other food products to feed their cattle, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported.
While some have turned their noses up at the practice, John Waller, a professor of animal nutrition at the University of Tennessee, told LiveScience in 2012 that feeding discarded candy to cattle is a viable diet.
"It keeps fat material from going out in the landfill, and it`s a good way to get nutrients in these cattle. The alternative would be to put [the candy] in a landfill somewhere," he said.
Dodge County Highway Commissioner Brian Field told WKOW-TV the Skittles probably helped treat the road and prevent icy conditions.
Postal worker Holly Millard told the station the spill brightened her day. "It`s a little hint of Spring, I guess, pink Skittles everywhere," she said.
The incident sparked a rainbow of reactions on Twitter.


-really makes me feel good about the beef and dairy products I consume
 
Thanks for the post Brandt! I couldn`t help but to laugh for numerous reasons -

1. I am from Dodge County Wisconsin
2. Skittles referenced as "nutritious"
3. That the Skittles prevented icing on the roads

LOL, thanks!

Edit - looking at where the roads intersect, I grew up about 15 miles from there!
 
I like how they say... well it was either the landfill for these skittles OR feed them to cows, lol

what the ..... kind of logic is that
 
"The incident sparked a rainbow of reactions on Twitter" LMAO

I can just picture the journalist fist pumping in their office... "FINALLY, I`ve been waiting my whole career to use this!"
 
nickclark08 said:
"The incident sparked a rainbow of reactions on Twitter" LMAO

I can just picture the journalist fist pumping in their office... "FINALLY, I`ve been waiting my whole career to use this!"
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hahaha

and the guy who says `yea skittles provide nutrition for cows`

is his company hiring? haha

the only thing I can think of that`s LESS nutritious than Corn may in fact be Skittles

edit:
he says:

"It actually has a higher ratio of fat [than] actually feeding them straight corn," he told WPSD, later adding that his feed mixture, which also includes an ethanol byproduct and a mineral nutrient, has "all the right nutrition for them."

mmm.. ethanol byproduct as a mineral nutrient.. yum
 
Haha no joke. All we need is a bunch of sugared-up cows running around tractor tipping, then crashing after their sugar high.

512detail said:
hahaha

and the guy who says `yea skittles provide nutrition for cows`

is his company hiring? haha

the only thing I can think of that`s LESS nutritious than Corn may in fact be Skittles

edit:
he says:

"It actually has a higher ratio of fat [than] actually feeding them straight corn," he told WPSD, later adding that his feed mixture, which also includes an ethanol byproduct and a mineral nutrient, has "all the right nutrition for them."

mmm.. ethanol byproduct as a mineral nutrient.. yum
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Cows typically eat eat grass in a "natural" habitat. They`re generally fed grain to fatten them up. Thus, grass is usually avoided for commercial cows to get them fat as soon as possible. Higher fat content=better steak, and meat grading out at USDA Prime nets the cattle people more money.

In all seriousness, I`m guessing skittles will fatten a cow up very quickly. This isn`t about nutrition at all, it`s about profit.

512detail said:
hahaha

and the guy who says `yea skittles provide nutrition for cows`

is his company hiring? haha

the only thing I can think of that`s LESS nutritious than Corn may in fact be Skittles

edit:
he says:

"It actually has a higher ratio of fat [than] actually feeding them straight corn," he told WPSD, later adding that his feed mixture, which also includes an ethanol byproduct and a mineral nutrient, has "all the right nutrition for them."

mmm.. ethanol byproduct as a mineral nutrient.. yum
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Think it`s more plausible that the pics of yesterday were taken early (before the crowds really arrived) and the one from o was taken at the height of the event.
 
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