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Grass-fed Dairy Cow
One comment to this last post. Calves must be fed appropriate food at each stage of life to grow properly. The first 6 months are the most expensive and they should be eating up to 5 lbs of grain per day plus really good hay. The next stage is to feed them enough high protein to keep them...- GrassfedNetwork.com
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- Forum: Other Pets & Livestock
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Grass-fed Dairy Cow
Farmerboy16, I have a few observations from looking at your pictures. You will have a risk of the milk cow eating weeds that may affect the milks flavor. I notice a fair amount of weeds, which I don't have a problem with for beef cows, it is all forage but we have had our milk taste "off"...- GrassfedNetwork.com
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- Forum: Other Pets & Livestock
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Grass-fed Dairy Cow
Hi Farmboy16, For winter time you will want to use a dairy quality hay, usually an alfalfa hay. We would also sometimes use alfalfa cubes as a supplement. The 5 acre track could be enough, it entirely depends on the quality and abundance of the forage available on that 5 acres. If you can...- GrassfedNetwork.com
- Post #15
- Forum: Other Pets & Livestock
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Grass-fed Dairy Cow
Hey Farmerboy16, I have the exact experience that you need! We use to run a grass based dairy in NE Nebraska. We milked 64 cows and they were fed nothing but green grass. We were also a seasonal dairy so when the grass stopped growing we stopped milking until the Spring. When they were being...- GrassfedNetwork.com
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- Forum: Other Pets & Livestock