Genetically Modified Grass Killing Cattle on the Spot!!!

This should be pinned. A lot of people have been warning of such a possibility.

"Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture are dissecting the grass to determine if there might have been some strange, unexpected mutation..."

almost sounds like grass tetany.......magnesium deficency?

The human race deserves to go extinct

Grass tetany is a serious, often fatal metabolic disorder characterized by low levels of magnesium in the blood serum of cattle. It is also called grass staggers and wheat pasture poisoning. It primarily affects older cows nursing calves less than two months old, but it may also occur in young or dry cows and growing calves. It happens most frequently when cattle are grazing succulent, immature grass and often affects the best cows in the herd.

High nitrogen fertilization reduces magnesium availability, especially on soils high in potassium or aluminum. Grass tetany occurs most frequently in the spring, often following a cool period (temperatures between 45 and 60°F) when grass is growing rapidly, but also is seen in the fall with new growth of cool season grass or wheat pastures.

Typical signs of grass tetany begin with an uncoordinated gait and terminate with convulsions, coma, and death. Animals on pasture are often found dead without illness having been observed. Evidence of thrashing will usually be apparent around the cow if grass tetany is the cause of death.

The prevention of grass tetany depends largely on avoiding conditions that cause it. Graze less susceptible animals on high risk pastures. Steers, heifers, dry cows, and cows with calves over 4 months old are less likely to develop tetany. The use of dolomite or high Mg limestone on pastures and including legumes in pasture mixes will decrease the incidence of tetany in grazing cattle. In areas where tetany frequently occurs, feed cows supplemental magnesium. Supplementation increases blood magnesium levels and alleviates much of the grass tetany problem. Adequate amounts of magnesium must be consumed on a daily basis.




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I posted a thread on this last week no one cared,,, i live in
Lee next to Bastrop, no one here is even talking about it…



5 heard of cattle have died, the USDA is testing to see if the Mutations are from radiation or natural done in labs)

After all of you meateaters are dead from starvation us vegetarians would have the last laugh if we weren't to spiritually advanced to find pleasure in the extinction of lower life forms.

ok WTF! grass is not a cyanide fixing plant, let alone cyanide gas emitting, This is a much more likely candidate for the source of the mass dy-offs of late. cyanide gas coming from grass seems to me a huge load of shit. I am not aware of any mechanism in nature that could result in this.

Sure there are quite a few hydrogen cyanide fixing plants in nature (and they are beneficial to gold prospectors) However this just sounds like total bullshit. Enough cyanide gas to kill a 1200 lb animal would not just be localized to the field, it dosn't care about crossing fences.

I of course am going to research this, but can anyone explain a mechanism in which grass could produce cyanide gas in sufficient quantities to kill a 1200 lb beast?

Cyanide is good for you!

Shut up, humans are omnivores, not vogetarians. Secondly your Schadenfreude is evidence of your lack of advanced spiritual development.

Vegetarians, darn iPad.

Hey Vegen Dip-Shit!
... just in case you didn't notice, but the trouble the cows are having starts in VEGITATION!

Your Bean Spouts are next!

Here's the Austin News video: Mysterious Mass Cattle Deaths May Be Caused By Random Grass Mutation
[link to www.weareaustin.com]

"Until scientists can determine why this tried and true grass suddenly began producing cyanide, Abel is keep his livestock far away.

"The grasshoppers are enjoying it now," said Abel..."

don't be a dick. i am a vegan and a firm supporter as such, but it is not a natural diet (although done properly, a very very healthy one. and most people eat WAY too little vegetation).. it is a response to the unnaturalness of the meat/dairy mega corp industry and this screwed up society.

as some one else pointed out, the problem is in the vegetation, thus in the soil, thus we are all screwed. i will still be a vegan because choosing what to put in ones own body is THE only control on has, and even that is well limited. it is one of the major forms of protest against our current society, and what it has become. which is why the masses are taught to hate/fear us. why would you feed into this problem by being an egomaniac?

There's a lot of grasses and plants that generate hydrogen cyanide gas....it's for defense

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Who produces the seed for these benevolent GM grasses? Oh let me guess......

Until Monsanto kills us all off via all the veggies and fruits via bees and butterflies spreading the crap gmo to non-gmo foods. ugh.

sounds like it, new green grass. Central US is known for it.

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normal, fore crackers, swamp gas, porn, starbucks, meh, u mad bro?, normal, happens all the time dude, chill, be positive, stop throwing negative thoughts out and trying to disrupt the universe, normal, meh, u mad bro? happens all the time. chill bro, meh, meh, meh, meh

Ha ha, dummy humans arguing about who dies last.

Run from the wind kiddies.

Try and run from the wind.

Tons of pastures have hydrogen cyanide gas-producing plants. e.g. corn, clover, sorghum.

Nothing is by mistake. All is part of a plan.

If the cows eat the plants at the wrong time of the year, or the plants are stressed from wilting, there is much more cyanide and they die when enzymes in their gut breakdown the cyanogenic glysosides stored in the plants.

That's why they dry hay...it lets the cyanogenic glycosides breakdown and the cyanide gas evaporates.

I'm sure it was a complete coincidence the grass started to produce cyanide of all things..

So when you hear about herds of cattle mysteriously keeling over dead, it's not always the apocalypse.

? I'm vegan, and just saying it's hard to avoid Monsanto foods or the result of Monsanto foods (propagation)...I think that unless someone finds virgin seeds and can make their vegetarian/vegan food grow underground in a super sterile environment, or at least in a sterile grow house, it will be impossible to avoid a similar demise due to Monsanto's idiocy.

Many people worry about war and blah blah blah. I worry about the safety of my own food supply. Will it kill me? My children? My grandchildren? Unfortunately, I'm young enough and that means I could be a great grandma one day with my great grandchildren completely incapable of reproduction. =/