Manager Dairy Interview Question:

Tell us what do cows eat?

Submitted by: Muhammad

On the farm we have a lot of different things cows can eat. The following are a few of the feeds that we have on the dairy.

· Corn Silage, (chopped and fermented corn)

· Oats Silage, (chopped and fermented oats)

· Alfalfa Hay

· Cottonseed, (the seed from growing cotton)

· Almond Hulls, (the outside shell of an almond)

· Distillers Grain, (leftovers from the ethanol plant)

· Brewers Grain , (the mash from beer making)

The main food cows eat is silage, which is chopped oats or corn. When we harvest corn or oats, we chop it into very fine pieces, and put it into a large pile. The pile ferments so it will stay good all year.
Submitted by: Muhammad