How many pounds of hay and how many pounds of silage per one hundred pounds live weight can a dairy cow be expected to consume daily when both silage and hay are fed?
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KM says 2016-06-11 15:10:25 (CST)
About 45 lbs of dry matter and then the grain.
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vince mautino says 2016-06-11 19:45:43 (CST)
I guess it would depend if it was a Holstien or a Jersey. A little jersey,I would say about 20-25 pounds and 4 pounds or so of grain. Less gain if we were feeding silage. We never ran any holstiens
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JerryHicks says 2016-06-14 07:09:17 (CST)
One pound hay, three pounds silage.
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