Skittle-Eating Cattle: Wisconsin Farmers Feed Red Skittles To Animals As Co

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Last week, a pickup truck traveling on a Wisconsin road spilled its content. While the incident itself is already an issue, the scenario has opened up for another bigger issue -- its content and destination. Apparently, the truck carries a large box of red Skittles, which are going to be fed on the cattle.

On January 17, Tuesday, a Facebook post from the Dodge Country Sherrif's Office has confirmed about founding out thousands of vibrantly-colored red Skittles laid on a county highway. Meanwhile, the candy's parent company, Mars, has admitted that the candies are not going to be packed and sold as it lacks the classic letter "S" it has on each candy. Rather, it will be used as an additional feed for cattle, a practice that has been going on for a long time, says Eaters.

The Skittle incident happened when it's on its way to Wisconsin and the rain fell down, causing the box to give way. It found help from the sheriff's office to clean up the mess. Meanwhile, Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt reported to CNN about the candy's familiar smell and this helped them identify what it is, as per National Geographic.

Back in 2012, Reuters reported about the price hike of corn and these caused the farmers to look for corn alternatives. Therefore, they resolved in an alternative like the Skittles as it could help with saving up to10 to 50 percent of the operators.

Meanwhile, Eaters investigates whether the bizarre livestock diet of feeding cattle with Skittles is healthy. Marilyn Noble of the American Grassfed Association stated that "cows were meant to eat grass, not candy", however, University of Tennessee animal nutrition professor John Waller said that the candy diet for the animal is fine and in fact, helps with lessening the amount of candy waste in landfills.