What Do Dairy Cows Eat?

September 19, 2017

Dairy farmers work with professional nutritionists to make sure their cows get the nutrients they need. Usually that includes eating a combination of grass, grain and a mixture of other ingredients like citrus pulp, almond hulls and cottonseeds – items that may otherwise be thrown away. We like to think of cows as the ultimate ‘recyclers’: They can take ingredients that we can’t eat – but are nutritious for them – and turn those ingredients into nutritious milk!