Doug Sieck - February 2022

Posted: 2/1/2022

Doug Sieck – February2022

Doug shows us how the cows can graze corn from a filed that was damaged by hail.

 

Discussion Topic: Doug talked about different things that his cows eat throughout the year. They are commonly eating grass from the pasture in the summer time and grazing cornstalks in the fall and winter. What other things do you think that cows would eat? Check out the resource for more ideas.

            Weird things cattle eat and it’s perfectly OK

One of the reasons cows can eat things that we don’t, is because they are ruminant animals and the have a different type of stomach than humans. Check out the third page of this graphic for more information about rumens. What do cows eat?