Provide hay or some form of roughage when there is no longer any pasture.
Step2
Feed a grain mix or cubes of 15 percent or more protein in harsh winter months.
Step3
Keep salt and or a mineral mix. Check with your extension office for the mineral needs in your area to go along with hay.
Step4
Provide water to cattle at all times with a pond or a watering tank. When water freezes, ice must be broken daily for cattle to drink.
Summer Feeding
Step1
Provide cattle with pasture - about an acre per cow depending on type of grass.
Step2
Watch for loose stools early in spring due to green grass. Early grasses are mostly water and do not provide many vitamins and minerals. You will need to keep supplementing your pasture with hay and feed.
on 7/13/2008
My wife & I were thinking of having one cow to produce milk, butter, etc. We have about 2 acres of grass right now. What would it take to feed and care for just one cow.
on 7/23/2007
Feeding cows has become very high tech. Most large Dairies now use special feed systems like FeedWatch to feed their cows. Keeping track of how much and what cows are eating is very important.
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wilsonsc said
on 7/13/2008 My wife & I were thinking of having one cow to produce milk, butter, etc. We have about 2 acres of grass right now. What would it take to feed and care for just one cow.
nerdovision said
on 7/23/2007 Feeding cows has become very high tech. Most large Dairies now use special feed systems like FeedWatch to feed their cows. Keeping track of how much and what cows are eating is very important.